Back to Golf
Breaking 📰 Golf 2 min read

Clark stumbles with Burns in hot pursuit on final day of US Open

RE

Reuters

Published 2 hours ago

Wyndham Clark's six-stroke ⁠lead dwindled down to one as he made the turn in the final ‌round of the US Open on Sunday, with ‌compatriot Sam Burns in hot pursuit.

[p]The ‌American 2023 champion had appeared nearly untouchable as ‌he started the day at seven ‌under par, but struggled to find the fairway and showed little of his earlier finesse ‌on the challenging Shinnecock Hills course.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-wyndham/x4NXN7qb/"]Clark[/a] ⁠drove into ‌the rough en route to a bogey on ​the par-three second and struggled with the sloped green for another bogey ​on the par-five fifth. He missed an easy putt for another bogey on ⁠the seventh, making ​the turn at four under.[/p][p]Clark's implosion came just as Burns found his best level.[/p][embed guid="0012ad1f-102d-4963-85be-60cb0d505d7a" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2068774128237080662" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having carded level-par through three rounds, he birdied the ‌first, third and fifth holes before draining a near 50-foot putt for another on the par-four eighth. He missed a relatively simple putt on the next hole for bogey.[/p][p]He was at three under par for the tournament with six holes left to play.[/p][p]Clark's playing partner, world number ‌one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scottie Scheffler[/a], started the day ​at one under par in his quest ‌for a career Grand Slam but was running out of time to make a move as two bogeys and a birdie left him at even ⁠par.[/p]

Related stories

📰 Golf New

Clark earns second US Open title after defeating Burns by one stroke

AFP
🏒 Hockey New

Brady Tkachuk traded to Florida Panthers for massive draft pick haul

Eric Himmelheber
🎾 Tennis New

Heliovaara and Patten lose Queen's Doubles Final to dampen Wimbledon build-up

Anthony Tomas
⚽ Football New

Pape Thiaw says Senegal can't afford mistakes against Norway in World Cup 'final'

Dennis Mabuka in Boston
⚽ Football New

Belgium see red & play out bore draw with Iran to continue poor start to World Cup

James Roberts
⚽ Football New

De la Fuente says people who doubted Spain are 'crazy' after big win over Saudi Arabia

Reuters