Wyndham Clark endured McIlroy’s harassment and conquered the US Open

the american golfer Wyndham Clark was crowned champion of the 123rd edition of the United States Open this Sunday against the odds and thus conquered his first ‘major’.

Clark, who arrived on Sunday as the co-leader of the tournament in Los Angeles (USA) with his compatriot Rickie Fowler, He signed for par in the final round and with a total of -10 he fought off all-day harassment from Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who finished second at -9. accumulated (at least on the fourth day).

Clark is 29 years old He earned his first win on the PGA Tour in May by capturing the Wells Fargo Championship.

It was his first time making the cut at this ‘major’ and Clark had the composure to insist on his impressive cards from Thursday, Friday and Saturday, all of which were under par. On Sunday he signed off on ‘his worst day’ but that was enough to lift the trophy.

The final load of pressure on Sunday was received when McIlroy finished his tour, who played a long forty-foot birdie putt and came within inches of making it. He finished for a final card of 70 shots and with -9 all that was left to do was wait for Clark to arrive and find out if there would be a tiebreaker or not.

The one from Denver had two shots from the ‘green’ to win and the most important ‘putt’ of his life was 18 meters very well directed a few centimeters from the flag. She made it real and burst into tears as her family and friends jumped to hug her.

There was one very important thing missing, his mother, who died of cancer while he was at university. That’s why he was the first person he remembered.

“I feel like mom is watching over me now. I miss you mom. I’ve worked so hard for a moment like this. It’s my turn, thank you,” he said.

“I felt the pressure on the back nine, but I convinced myself that I could do this,” he commented on the shadows of world-class golfers chasing him like McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler.

And the game just before Clark, played by Scheffler and McIlroy, was the day’s big attraction: two stars on their way to the title and quickly into the top four with a Fowler on the wane.

Clark sought victory from the first hole, opening his day with a ‘birdie’ at 1 which he later completed with two at 4 and 6. In the second part of his trip he added another on 14 and suffered two ‘bogeys’ on 15 and 16 when McIlroy hit the hardest.

The Northern Irishman saw his title threat halted by a ‘bogey’ in the 14th minute, when making an ‘approach’ to the ‘green’ his ball was buried in one of the bunker walls near the flag. Clark, a few minutes later and seemingly taking notices from the other game, signed for birdie on 14 to get back to -12 and wind up.

“I am very close. I fought, I was there until the end. The ‘bogey’ of 14 made my options disappearMcIlroy was devastated.

RAHM CLOSES BAD TASTE IN MOUTH

Without title options, Jon Rahm at least closed his participation in the US Open with a good taste in his mouth thanks to his best card of the week: -5 this Sunday to finish with -3 in the total tie for the tenth position.

The key, as he has said in recent days, is to finish the previous good shots with the ‘putt’. The man from Barrika achieved this goal, especially in the first nine holes, where he made five birdies.

There will be time for one more on the 11th and finish the day playing the course consistently until the 18th. His excellent paper on Sunday was slightly tarnished by a ‘bogey’ on the fifth hole, where none of the previous days had been complicated.

“Very happy today, I’m confident doing a lap like this, I’m in myself, I’m confident in my game. I started like a shot and I held on. Because of the last six holes they are not easy”, he hinted.

His compatriot Sergio García ended his participation with a par on Sunday and closed +2 in the top thirty of the tournament. David Puig, also a Spaniard, was better in the final round with a -3 and a decent +4 overall.

For his part, Chilean Joaquín Niemann finished his Sunday with +3 (+3 overall) outside the top thirty. Colombian Sebastián Muñoz (+2 in the fourth round, +6 overall) and Mexican Abraham Ancer (+1 in the last round, +7 accumulated) finished at the bottom.

US Open

final classification

1. Wyndham Clark (USA) -10 (64-67-69-70)
2. Rory McIlroy (NIR) -9 (65-67-69-70)
3. Scottie Scheffler (USA) -7 (67-68-68-70)
4. Cameron Smith (AUS) -6 (69-67-71-67)
5. Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)-5 (73-69-70-63)
. Rickie Fowler (USA) -5 (62-68-70-75)
. Min Woo Lee (AUS) -5 (69-65-74-67)
8. Harris English (USA) -4 (67-66-71-72)
. Joohyung Kim (KOR) -4 (73-68-66-69)
10. Austin Eckroat (USA) -3 (71-68-73-65)
. Dustin Johnson (USA) -3 (64-70-71-72)
. Jon Rahm (ESP) -3 (69-73-70-65)
. Xander Schauffele (USA) -3 (62-70-73-72)
…
14. Patrick Cantlay (USA) -2 (71-71-67-69)
. Collin Morikawa (USA) -2 (71-69-69-69)
17. Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) -1 (71-70-68-70)
. Brooks Koepka (USA) -1 (71-69-70-69)
19. Viktor Hovland (NOR) 0 (69-70-69-72)
20. Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 1 (67-72-68-74)
. Shane Lowry (IRL) 1 (72-70-68-71)
27. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 2 (70-71-71-70)
. Padraig Harrington (IRL) 2 (73-69-67-73)
32. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 3 (72-69-67-75)
54. Abraham Ancer (MEX) 7 (70-72-74-71)
56. Patrick Reed (USA) 8 (72-69-78-69)