For a second straight year, Justin Thomas painfully missed the cut at the Masters – and proceeded to help a handful of his peers grab weekend tee times at Augusta National when they thought they were heading home early.
Just when you thought the golf world was ready to come back together, Wyndham Clark threw a (very random) wrench into the mix at the end of his post-round presser on Thursday at Augusta National.
If he can finish the job at the Players on the weekend, it will further cement the narrative of Clark rising for the big events heading into major season.
Scottie Scheffler insisted this type of performance was coming. At Bay Hill, he mowed down the field with a red-hot putter and claimed his second Arnold Palmer Invitational. (Next up: TPC Sawgrass.)
With a mere couple of taps of his club behind a ball in the rough, reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark caused a stir on the television broadcast of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and, of course, in many golf corners of social media.
A win is a win. It doesn’t matter if it’s 54 holes, Wyndham Clark is your new AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am victor. That comes with 700 FedEx Cup points, $US3.6 million and (apparently) an ice cream treat that’ll make LIV golfers second-guess their decision.
The high majority of golfers pay little attention to the bounce or grind of their wedges, in part because they simply lack the knowledge of what these two things are, how they are different and why they are a vital aspect of the wedge-selection process.
Koepka, a three-time Ryder Cup participant, has only had opportunities to accrue points this year at the major championships as he plays on the LIV Golf League.
On a day of low scoring at TPC River Highlands, you have to scroll pretty far down the leaderboard to find the name Wyndham Clark. But good luck finding anyone in the field who flashed more smiles during the first round.