126th US Open

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, June 21, 2026 (Father’s Day)

(Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 78. Wind SSW 7-14 mph, with gusts to 21 mph.)

WYNDHAM CLARK – 2026 @usopengolf CHAMP ….

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Wyndham Clark (1^st/-4) – Career Highlights

• Picks up his fifth PGA TOUR victory in his 204^th start at the age of 32 years, 6 months, 12 days

• PGA TOUR wins (5): 2023 Truist Championship, 2023 U.S. Open, 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, 2026 U.S. Open

• Second season with multiple victories (2023, 2026)

• His closing 73 marks the highest finish by a TOUR winner since Rory McIlroy shot 73 to win the 2025 Masters Tournament

• Earns a first prize cheque for $4.5m

Season Highlights

• Collects 750 points and moves from No. 18 to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings

• Projected to move from No. 34 to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking

• Third wire-to-wire winner, joining Justin Rose (Farmers Insurance Open) and Cameron Young (Cadillac Championship)

• Fourth multiple winner, joining Matt Fitzpatrick (3), Cameron Young (2) and Chris Gotterup (2)

• Fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events on TOUR (72-hole events only); 3-for-4 converting to victory (2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches/T7, 2023 Truist Championship, 2023 U.S. Open, 2026 U.S. Open)

  • Also led after the third round at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; posted a third-round 60 to take a one-stroke lead over Ludvig Åberg; due to dangerous weather conditions, the event was reduced to 54 holes, with Clark earning his third PGA TOUR victory at the time

 U.S. Open Highlights

Double US Open champion Wyndham Clark – Image DPWT

• Becomes the 24^th multiple winner (2023, 2026)

• Becomes the ninth wire-to-wire winner (no ties), joining Walter Hagen (1914), Jim Barnes (1921), Ben Hogan (1953), Tony Jacklin (1970), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002), Rory McIlroy (2011), Martin Kaymer (2014)

• Wins in his sixth start (MC/2021, MC/2022, 1^st/2023, T56/2024, MC/2025, 1^st/2026)

• His closing 73 marks the highest final round by a U.S. Open champion since Graeme McDowell in 2010 (74)

• Fourth straight win by an American (Wyndham Clark/2023/2026, Bryson DeChambeau/2024, J.J. Spaun/2025)

• Is is the fourth year in a row that a player ranked outside the Top 20 has won: Wyndham Clark (#32 in 2023), Bryson DeChambeau (#38 in 2024) and J.J. Spaun (#25 in 2025)

• Fewest starts to reach multiple U.S. Open victories:

  • 4 – John McDermott

  • 5 – Walter Hagen, Ernie Els

  • 6 – Lee Trevino, Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark

Major Championship Highlights

Wyndham Clark becomes the fourth year in a row that a player ranked outside the Top 20 has won: Wyndham Clark (#32 in 2023), Bryson DeChambeau (#38 in 2024) and J.J. Spaun (#25 in 2025) Image USGA

Records the 21^st win out of 22 players who held a lead of six or more strokes entering the final round of a major championship (Greg Norman/1996 Masters Tournament/won by Nick Faldo)

• Notches the first wire-to-wire win (no ties) in a major championship since Brooks Koepka (2019 PGA Championship)

• Improves to 2-for-2 when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead in a major (2023 U.S. Open, 2026 U.S. Open)

• Wins in his 19th major championship start; other major starts in 2026: Masters/T21, PGA Championship/MC

Additional Player Notes

• Seeking his first major championship, five-time PGA TOUR winner Sam Burns picks up the sixth runner-up finish of his career (most recent: 2025 RBC Canadian Open); after managing just one top-25 finish in his first 16 major starts (2022 PGA Championship/T20), now has top-10 finishes in four of his last nine (T9/2024 U.S. Open, T7/2025 U.S. Open, T7/2026 Masters, 2^nd/2026 U.S. Open)

• World No. 1 and 20-time PGA TOUR winner Scottie Scheffler finishes T4 on his 30^th birthday; was seeking to become the seventh player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam; retakes the lead in the FedExCup standings

• Additional player notes:

  • Tom Kim finishes third on his 24^th birthday

  • Keith Mitchell (T4) becomes the first player in U.S. Open history with four rounds at even par

  • Tyrrell Hatton (T6/2018, T7/2026) is the only player with top-10s in the 2018 & 2026 U.S. Opens at Shinnecock Hills

  • Xander Schauffele (T11) has now finished inside the top 14 in all 10 U.S. Open appearances

  • Aaron Rai finishes T11 in bid to become first back-to-back major winner since Jordan Spieth (2015)

  • Rory McIlroy finishes T32 in bid to become seventh player to win the Masters and U.S. Open in same year

• Amateur leaderboard: Jackson Koivun (+5), Ryder Cowan (+5), Miles Russell (+7), Marek Fleming (+10), Eric Lee (+13)

  • Koivun’s 68 is the lowest final round by an amateur at the U.S. Open since Viktor Hovland shot 67 in 2019; he is the first amateur to break 70 in the final round in a U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills

• Course scoring average: R1 (73.278), R2 (72.254), R3 (73.626), R4 (71.391), Cumulative (72.683)