Wyndham Clark Wins US Open 2023

AMERICAN golfer Wyndham Clark won the cup with $3.6 million when he finished first at -10 after competing with Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler at the US Open 2023.

Clark cried on the 18th hole after winning the US Open on June 18. Photo: AP

At the final round on June 18, Clark was at -10 and was in T1 with Fowler while McIlroy -9, Scheffler -7. Clark and Fowler started the last leg, right behind McIlroy and Scheffler.

According to actual developments, only these four players competed for the championship. And in that quadruple race, no one scored negative. Fowler hit 75 strokes, while Clark, McIlroy and Scheffler all hit 70.

On the finish line, Fowler soon fell behind, scoring a third bogey at hole 7 and then adding four bogeys and just two birdies. It was a disappointing performance for Fowler because three rounds earlier, he averaged seven birdies and 3.66 bogeys in his quest to find his first major and ended more than four years of title thirst on the PGA Tour. , after the fifth cup, at the 2019 Phoenix Open.

Breaking the last US Open match, Fowler returned to T5 (point -5). World number one Scheffler also lost fire, finished hole 12 to -6. He finished third thanks to two birdies and no bogey in the remaining six holes.

And McIlroy reached -10 at the end of the 13th hole, one stroke behind Clark. But on the par5 hole 14, he suddenly missed - hit the rough on the left of the fairway, the third shot the ball into the bunker in front of the green.

Released free of charge, McIlroy put the ball 2.7 yards from the hole on his fourth shot and added two more putts to finish. In contrast, Clark entered the 14th hole, hitting the green on his second shot with a 3 wooden, six meters from the target.

Clark hit the green on his second shot with a 3 wooden.

From there, he recorded a birdie after two putts to -12 and led McIlroy by three.

From holes 15 to 18, McIlroy kept par while Clark scored bogey-bogey-par-par in turn. With that ending, Clark set the championship milestone -10, McIlroy finished second with -9 points and a prize of 2.16 million USD.

"I have dreamed of this moment for a long time and feel that today my mother has watched and supported me," said Clark with tears in his eyes before picking up the US Open trophy in the 123rd round.

His mother died in 2013 from breast cancer.

Clark, the American, this year 29 years old, has passed seven years of professional play. He entered the PGA Tour from 2019, and won his first championship on May 7, at the Wells Fargo Championship. In that victory, Clark also took home $3.6 million, as in the last US Open.

The US Open 2023 will take place on the North Par70 field of Los Angeles Country Club with a prize fund of 20 million USD. The closing tournament this morning, June 19, Hanoi time.US Open 2023 took place on the North par70 field of Los Angeles Country Club with a prize fund of 20 million USD. The prize draws the curtain this morning, June 19, Hanoi time.