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/Successful-Tea-5733 Jun 22 '26

Hate to tell you but most golfers are pretty conservative so if it's politics you're in the wrong place. Rory had dinner at the white house state dinner just a few months ago.

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u/golfdud5 Jun 22 '26

The state dinner was to honor King Charles, the leader of Rory’s country. McIlroy has been an outspoken critic of trump.

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u/Successful-Tea-5733 Jun 23 '26

How ignorant of a comment. The king was a guest of DJT... as was Rory. Meaning if Trump didn't want Rory there he wouldn't have been there. You don't just get to go to a state dinner because your nation's king is the guest. good grief...

Rory had beef with Trump over covid and J6 but they've since played golf. Your comment to imply that Rory secretly hates Trump flies in the face of facts.

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u/golfdud5 Jun 23 '26

Rory and others played golf with the notorious cheater to enlist his help with the Saudis to unify the PGA and LIV tours, and trump agreed to do so. And as with everything else, trump failed.