Oakmont Bans 2023 Us Open Champion Wyndham Clark For Damaging Lockers

The erstwhile US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who is competing this week astatine Portrush, has been banned by nan prestigious Oakmont Country Club aft damaging lockers successful a fresh of pique during nan staging of nan arena this year.

Oakmont has insisted Clark undergoes anger guidance thief if he wants to beryllium allowed backmost successful to nan Pittsburgh venue. The move is arsenic sensational arsenic it is unprecedented towards a subordinate of Clark’s standing. The 31-year-old represented nan US successful nan past Ryder Cup.

Photographs emerged of harm inflicted to lockers by Clark during nan US Open past month. Clark had attracted attraction astatine nan US PGA Championship successful May for throwing his driver astatine a motion during different temper tantrum.

When asked astir nan US Open incident, Clark said: “I’ve had a batch of highs and lows successful my career, particularly this twelvemonth immoderate lows. I made a correction that I profoundly regret. I’m very sorry for what happened. But I’d besides for illustration to move on, not only for myself but for Oakmont, for nan USGA [United States Golf Association] and benignant of attraction connected nan remainder of this twelvemonth and things that travel up.”

Oakmont is intelligibly unwilling to tie a statement nether nan incident. In a missive to members this week, first obtained by Golf Digest, nine president John Lynch outlined Clark’s punishment. “Following aggregate discussions pinch nan USGA and nan OCC board, a determination has been made that Mr. Clark will nary longer beryllium permitted connected OCC property,” Lynch said.

“Reinstatement would beryllium contingent upon Mr Clark fulfilling a number of circumstantial conditions, including afloat repayment for damages, a meaningful publication to a kindness of nan board’s choosing, and nan successful completion of counselling and/or anger guidance sessions.”

Clark held disconnected Rory McIlroy to triumph nan US Open astatine Los Angeles Country Club successful 2023. His champion awesome decorativeness truthful acold this twelvemonth is simply a necktie for 46th astatine nan Masters. The US Open will return to Oakmont successful 2033. Clark will statesman his latest quest for nan Open astatine 10.20am connected Thursday successful nan institution of Corey Conners and Tom Hoge.