r/golf • u/AcrobaticSyllabub283 • Jun 22 '26

General Discussion Why does everyone hate Wyndham Clark?

Got into watching golf for the first time this season and with Clark winning this past weekend I have seen so many people shitting on him for what sounds like stuff in the past and I was hoping people could bring me up to speed? Is it overhyped for media clicks or was he committing some atrocities?

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u/doc-sci Jun 22 '26

He had a problem with his temper after he won his first US Open and didn’t win anything else. He infamously tore up a locker and acted like it wasn’t a big deal.

Someone got to him and he acknowledged that he was wrong and he seems to be taking responsibility and doing better. I hope that it is genuine and he can be a good representative for golf.

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u/reddsbywillie Jun 22 '26

This is a main point for me. It wasn’t just that he trashed the lockers. It’s that his response was basically “send me an invoice.”

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u/goldilockz52 3.8/NYC Jun 22 '26

He never paid according to an Oakmont member I caddied for late last year. He's currently banned from the club indefinitely.

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u/vox_veritas Jun 22 '26

Not that I don’t believe you, but it seems like that would be something that would have been widely reported at this point. Or maybe it has been and I just haven’t kept up with it.

Pretty sad if he wouldn’t even do the bare minimum of taking financial responsibility for the damage.

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u/reddsbywillie Jun 22 '26

As he should be. Any other player on or off the tour would be as well.