Wyndham, in his first Major won, was No. 293 in the rankings a year ago. “Dedicated to my mum, who died of cancer 10 years ago”
Wyndham Clark, who was this? We often talk about carneades in sport, but the fresh winner of the Us Open is the perfect embodiment of the Manzonian saying. At 293rd place in the ranking just a year ago, never above 75th place in a Major, the American triumphed at the North Course Los Angeles Country Club ahead of Rory McIlroy by just one shot and putting behind the number one in the world, Scottie Scheffler, as well as Rickie Fowler, thus winning the 123rd edition of the third Major of the season.
for mom
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The 29-year-old from Denver, number 32 in the ranking before the US Open, already winner of the Wells Fargo Championship last May, had thought about leaving golf ten years ago, after the death of his mother, Lise, from cancer in 2013. During the tournament, many showed him photos of his mother, shots that Clark had never seen. During the tournament he always kept a message from his mother with him: “Play big”, he plays great. “She followed me from up there, I felt her presence next to me-said Clark-Unfortunately he can’t be here to share this joy with me. I miss you mom”. “I know I’m a player of this level, I also knew it for two or three years, when people didn’t even know who I was – he added -. I always thought I could compete against the best in the world – he said after the victory – This year I finally proved it ”.
Classification
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1. Wyndham Clark (USA) -10; 2. Rory McIlroy (N.Irl) -9; 3. Scottie Scheffler (USA) -7; 4. Cameron Smith (Aus) -6; 5. Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rickie Fowler (Usa), Min Woo Lee (Aus) -5; 8. Harris English (USA), Joohyung Kim (S.Korea) -4; 10. Austin Eckroat (USA), Dustin Johnson (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA) -3.
June 19 – 07:55
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