Wyndham Clark remembers late mother as he celebrates US Open title

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Wyndham Clark was visibly emotional after he sunk his final putt at the Los Angeles Country Club to wrap up the first major championship of his career – the U.S. Open.

Clark held off Rory McIlroy by one stroke to win golf’s third major of the season, and has the United States celebrated Father’s Day, Clark dedicated the win to his late mother. His mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013. The win brought the opportunity to reflect on the long journey it has been.

"I didn’t show any emotion off the course, but when I was on the golf course I couldn’t have been angrier," he said when he first learned of his mother’s diagnosis. "I was breaking clubs when I didn’t even hit that bad of a shot. I was walking off golf courses."

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Wyndham Clark celebrates after winning the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

Clark transferred from Oklahoma State to Oregon in the midst of his mother’s ordeal. He talked about what he was feeling as he reeled from his mother’s diagnosis.

"I’ve had many times where I’ve gone home and was yelling in my car and punching things and just so mad that I’m like, ‘Why can’t I do what my peers are doing?’" he said.

As he dug deep, Clark was reminded of what his mother would say to him.

"She called me ‘Winner’ when I was little, so she would just say, ‘I love you, Winner,’" Clark said.

Clark entered the fourth round as the co-leader and ended the day raising the trophy. He said all he wished for was his mother to be there. It