Former Oregon Duck Wyndham Clark in US Open contention heading into weekend
The best golfers in the world are currently battling it out at Los Angeles Country Club for the 2023 U.S. Open golf tournament, and former Oregon Duck star Wyndham Clark is right in the thick of it.
After shooting a solid round of 64 (-6) in the opening round on Thursday, Clark came back on a more difficult Friday and put up a round of 67 (-3) to secure the No. 2 spot on the leaderboard going into the weekend.
Clark currently trails only Rickie Fowler, who leads at -10 after shooting a U.S. Open record 62 (-8) on Thursday and following it up with a 68 (-2) on Friday.
Earlier this year, Clark picked up his first career PGA Tour win at the Wells Fargo Championship. After going pro in 2019, the former Duck has finished in the top 5 in five total tournaments with career earnings of over $11 million. After his stellar play earlier this year, Clark has said that the positive momentum has really helped him feel at ease this week going into the third major of the year.
“I’ve just been really positive and believing good things were going to happen, and staying in that mindset has really helped,” Clark said after the round on Friday. “I think if I stay in that positive mindset, and am just very slow and comfortable out there, then I will be in a great comfort zone and be able to make birdie putts and other putts and play the best that I can.”
After starting his college career at Oklahoma State, Clark transferred to Oregon for the 2016-17 season where he went on to win the Pac-12 Championship and finished 2nd at the NCAA Baton Rouge Invitational.
Clark will be paired with Fowler on Saturday in the third round of the U.S. Open and tee off at 3:40 p.m. PT.
