Wyndham Clark Won the US Open. Here Is What the Numbers Actually Say About How He Did It. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Wyndham Clark is a two-time US Open champion. Wire to wire at Shinnecock Hills. Six-stroke lead heading into Sunday. The entire gallery rooting against him. Scottie Scheffler in his group chasing the career grand slam on his 30th birthday. And Wyndham Clark won anyway. But the how matters as much as the what. Justin Ray, the Tiger Woods of golf researchers, breaks down the full statistical picture of what Wyndham Clark actually did at Shinnecock — and what it tells us about who he is as a player going forward. The Lead That Never Moved Wyndham Clark took the outright lead at approximately 7 PM Friday evening. He held it for essentially 72 hours without ever being caught. Nobody tied him. Nobody passed him. The closest anyone got was Sam Burns pulling within one with a birdie on 16 Sunday before missing looks at birdie on 17 and 18. In terms of historical company, players to hold a multi-stroke lead after rounds one, two, and three of a US Open — Willie Anderson 1903, Jim Barnes 1921, Tony Jacklin 1970, Rory McIlroy 2011, Martin Kaymer 2014. Every single one of them won. Now add Wyndham Clark 2026. The Putting Numbers This win was built almost entirely on the putter. Since the Masters ended in April, no player on the PGA Tour has a better strokes gained putting average than Wyndham Clark. He entered Shinnecock on the hottest putting streak in professional golf and never cooled off. On the weekend specifically — only 20 of 36 greens in regulation over rounds three and four. That is the fewest greens hit by a US Open winner over the final two rounds since Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst in 2014. He was not hitting it close. He was not attacking flags. He was managing the golf course, missing in the right spots, and making every par putt that needed to fall. Nine par putts on the weekend between four and fourteen feet — and he made them all when it mattered. The signature moment — the approach on 16 from 274 yards. The field average from that distance at Shinnecock was approximately 62 feet of proximity to the hole. Clark hit it inside three feet and made the eagle putt. That one shot, Justin says, encapsulates everything about who Wyndham Clark is at his best. When the moment is biggest, the execution is sharpest. The Bi-Coastal Club One of Justin Ray's signature deep-dive stats from the week — Wyndham Clark is now one of only three men to win US Opens on both the East Coast and the West Coast. Billy Casper won at Olympic Club and Winged Foot. Tiger Woods won at Pebble Beach, Bethpage Black, and Torrey Pines. Wyndham Clark won at LACC in 2023 and Shinnecock in 2026. That is the company he is in. Not as a talking point. As a fact. How We Look at Wyndham Clark Now Since Clark won his first PGA Tour event, only Scotty Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have more PGA Tour wins than he does in that span — and Wyndham now has five. He is the only player in PGA Tour history to win twice with a final round score of 60 or better. He beat the field average on Thursday at Shinnecock by more than nine strokes — something you see maybe once a season in major championship golf across the entire men's game. Justin's honest assessment — high ceiling, lower floor than a Scheffler or a McIlroy. He does not consistently contend in majors. He either wins or disappears. But the ceiling is genuinely elite, he is not yet 30 years old, and the Andy North comparison does not hold up. Andy North won two US Opens and faded. Wyndham Clark's trajectory looks nothing like that. He is going to win more Ryder Cups. He is going to be on more major leaderboards. And the next time he gets hot with that putter at a US Open setup — the field should be worried. Sam Burns and the Chasers Sam Burns shot the best round of the final day — a 67 that got him within one at one point before missing birdie looks on 17 and 18. For the second straight year he has put himself in position to win a US Open and come just short. Justin believes he gets in the winner's circle before the end of this season. The scar tissue from these near-misses makes great players better, and Sam Burns is a great player. Xander Schauffele finished tied for 11th — his tenth consecutive top-15 finish at a US Open. Jack Nicklaus is the only player with a longer such streak. Xander has won a PGA Championship and an Open Championship. The US Open feels like a matter of time. And Scotty Scheffler — the grand slam bid will have to wait, but statistically his game is almost identical to where it was a year ago when he won two majors. A fraction off in the moments that count. He will be back. The Bottom Line The numbers tell a story that the scoreboard alone does not fully capture. Wyndham Clark did not dominate Shinnecock with his ball striking. He managed it. He grinded. He made every putt that needed to fall. And he held his composure for 72 hours while the crowd rooted against him and the world number one chased him down. That is not luck. That is a two-time US Open champion doing exactly what two-time US Open champions do. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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