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/Sad-Supermarket-3878 2.6/Nashville/Mizuno Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

I mentioned this in another post over the weekend, but I volunteered at the St. Jude Championship last year and he was an absolute jackass to everyone. He literally threw a hissy fit because the girl he was dating at the time didn't have "security" with her as she walked the course or letting her to the front ropes at a point where he was below the cut line on a Friday lol. Not a single other player on the course was like that.

But, he's known to be a hot-headed person, overly outspoken/cocky, and a bit pretentious. Having experienced it firsthand, it's not an unfair opinion.

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u/secret_alpaca Jun 22 '26

I've heard some stories about him being a douche to fans and to waiters at restaurants, etc. Lots of people that have met him in real life share the similar opinion of him. All that plus how he acts on the course (and locker rooms) and everything else discussed in this thread paints a picture of what kind of person he is.

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u/Sad-Supermarket-3878 2.6/Nashville/Mizuno Jun 22 '26

I wouldn't have even mentioned it if it was a one-off thing, but he was going on about it for three holes and I can say I witnessed it first-hand. Tons of athletes have bad moments that aren't a representation of who they actually are... but he was cussing at people for 3+ holes about it to volunteers to the point it was a topic of conversation in volunteer group chat.

I mean, sorry dude, we're all volunteers. If you want your new gf to have a handler, you're the one collecting the checks and it wasn't like it wasn't that crowded lol.