American Wyndham Clark announced himself as golf's newest star with a gutsy U.S. Open triumph at the Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday to claim his first major title.
Facing off against some of the game's biggest names in the shadow of Hollywood, Clark tuned out some late drama to clinch a one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy.
"Even two, three years ago when people didn't know who I was, I felt like I could still compete against the best players in the world." "I felt like my mom was watching over me today," said Clark, who considered quitting golf a decade ago after his mother died of breast cancer."She called me 'Winner' when I was little. She would just say, 'I love you, Winner.' She had the mantra of 'play big'."
Despite the pressure, Clark would not crack, holding his nerve to make par on the two long closing holes, while McIlroy failed to sink a 41-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have moved him into a tie for first. But he struggled from the outset on Sunday, bogeying three of his first seven holes to take the pressure off Clark and McIlroy and signed for a closing round 75.It has been a long road back for the Southern California native, a former top-10 golfer who last September dropped to a career-low 185th in the rankings.
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