Incredibly, Wyndham Clark is a two-time US Open winner.
He only has five PGA Tour wins to his name, including his two US Open victories, and he was completely off the map with his golf game in 2025. But twice he’s won America’s national open.
That puts him alongside Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa as two time major winners in the current PGA Tour field. He’s ascended to a totally different level with this win.
And the way he won his two US Opens has never been done in major championship history.
Wyndham Clark achieves major championship first
During his two major championship wins, Clark has gotten off to a red-hot start. He shot a 64 on Thursday both years, and survived the rest of the field reeling him in over the next three days.
Clark has shot progressively higher scores in each round at both US Opens, and it’s the first time that has ever happened before to a winner.
Justin Ray posted to X: “Some unique history for Wyndham Clark. His scores in his 2 U.S. Open wins:
“64-67-69-70
“64-69-70-73
“He’s the only player in men’s major championship history to win 2 majors by shooting a higher score in each sequential round that week.”
US Opens are supposed to be the toughest test golf, and a lot of the time, that’s about survival. Both of Clark’s US Open wins have been a masterclass in that.
The reason why Wyndham Clark shot progressively higher scores
It’s not much of a coincidence that Clark achieved this, and it goes some way to explain how he was able to win his major championships. Yes, he played phenomenally well, but there was a huge slice of luck associated with both wins.
At Shinnecock, Clark fell on the far kinder side of the draw. He made hay when the sun shined on Thursday, grabbing his birdies on the back nine when the wind died.
He had the softer conditions on Friday morning, and by the time he played again on Saturday afternoon, the wind had died again.
The conditions got progressively harder throughout the week, but Clark played in the easiest conditions of the tournament on Thursday, which allowed him to shoot low and hang on. And it was a similar recipe to success in 2023.
Give him credit, he had to hit the shots, but Clark could not have asked for a better break over his four days at Shinnecock.
