Wyndham Clark’s US Open Win on Father’s Day Is Also a Tribute to His Late Mom

Wyndham Clark’s US Open Win on Father’s Day Is Also a Tribute to His Late Mom
Wyndham Clark celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles on June 18, 2023. Matt York/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES— The U.S. Open wrapped up, as it always does, on Father’s Day. Golf’s newest champion would be the first to tell people he’s always been a mama’s boy.

Wyndham Clark’s victory Sunday will be remembered for how a 29-year-old newcomer to the big time held off some of the biggest names in the game to stamp a poignant exclamation mark on a U.S. Open that had been, to that point, kind of hard to love.