Wyndham Clark apologized Monday for letting his frustrations get one of the best of him and dangerously flinging his driver after a poor tee shot in the course of the closing spherical of the PGA Championship.
Clark, who was 3 over for the match and was coming off a bogey, hit his tee shot to the suitable on No. 16. Earlier than the ball even landed, Clark introduced the membership again and violently flung it into signage behind the tee field — just a few ft from a volunteer holding a flag.
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The affect left a gap within the signage and snapped the top of Clark’s driver off the shaft. He tossed the damaged shaft to the facet, leaving each items of the membership behind as he made his method to his ball within the bunker.
“I wish to sincerely apologize for my habits yesterday on Gap 16,” Clark posted to X on Monday. “As professionals, we’re anticipated to stay skilled even when annoyed and I sadly let my feelings get one of the best of me. My actions have been uncalled for and utterly inappropriate, making it clear that I’ve issues I have to work on.
“I maintain myself to a excessive normal, attempting to all the time play for one thing greater than myself, and yesterday I fell in need of these requirements. For that I’m actually sorry. I promise to raised the way in which I deal with my frustrations on the course going ahead, and hope you all can forgive me in due time.”
Clark, who received the 2023 U.S. Open, had a run of 4 consecutive bogeys on the entrance 9 en path to a 3-over 74 on Sunday to complete in a tie for fiftieth at 4 over — 15 strokes behind winner Scottie Scheffler.
