2023 US Open: Wyndham Wins
Wyndham Clark holds off a trio of major champions – Rory McIlroy (2nd), Scottie Scheffler (3rd) and Cameron Smith (4th) – to win his first major championship and second PGA TOUR title.
Clark picks up his first major championship and second victory in his 137th PGA TOUR start. Which earns him 600 points and moves to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings. Clark becomes the fifth multiple winner this season, joining Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa and Tony Finau and the 55th 54-hole leader/co-leader to go on to win the U.S. Open (most recent: Matt Fitzpatrick, 2022).
He entered the final round tied for the lead with Rickie Fowler; his previous best 54-hole position in a major championship was T51 at the 2021 PGA Championship. Wyndham Clark is the first champion since Justin Rose in 2013 to play the final nine holes over-par - he finished birdie, bogey, bogey, par, par on the last 5 holes.
Rory McIlroy (2nd/-9) posted a 72-hole total of 271, which is the lowest at a U.S. Open by a player who did not win. The 23-time PGA TOUR winner finishes runner-up for the 10th time in 232 starts; second of the season (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard). He finishes runner up for the third time in a major championship (2018 Open Championship/T2, 2022 Masters Tournament/2nd, 2023 U.S. Open/2nd) and now has 19 top-10s in majors since his most recent title in 2014, the most of any player in that span.
Scottie Scheffler (3rd/-7) the World No. 1, finishes in third place for his TOUR-leading 13th top-10 finish of the season. He has now finished T12 or better in each of his last 16 starts.
Rickie Fowler (T5/-5) Is the 12th player to lead each of the first three rounds of the U.S. Open and not win. He has 13 top-10s in majors since start of his rookie season in 2010, the most of any player without a major title in that span.
Defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick finishes T17; Brooks Koepka (2018) is the last to successfully defend a U.S. Open title
With rounds of 69-71-75-69, Gordon Sargent (T39) wins low amateur honours and becomes the sixth amateur to card two rounds in the 60s at a U.S. Open (first since Viktor Hovland in 2019).
