Wyndham Clark Wins U.S. Open 2026 at Shinnecock Hills

Wyndham Clark took a difficult road on the way to his second U.S. Open victory at Shinnecock Hills on June 21, 2026. He seized the outright lead shortly after 7 p.m. local time on Thursday, maintaining that lead for the following 71 1/2 hours despite the efforts of New York golf fans to see him falter.

On Sunday, Clark's six-shot advantage almost disappeared at several points, yet he closed out the tournament with a performance reminiscent of his previous U.S. Open win at the Los Angeles Country Club. On the 72nd hole, Clark executed a drive down the right side, followed by an approach shot from over 190 yards, and then brilliantly lagged a putt from over 50 feet to tap-in range for a one-shot victory.

Throughout the final two rounds, Clark displayed marked resilience, holing nine crucial par putts that ranged from 4 to 14 feet. His performance dipped, however, as his strokes gained tee to green reduced from a field-best 5.3 in Round 1 to minus-1.5 on Sunday. He managed to hit only 20 of 36 greens in regulation over the final rounds, marking the fewest greens hit by a U.S. Open champion since Martin Kaymer in 2014.

Clark's achievement as a wire-to-wire champion placed him among an elite group as the eighth player to accomplish this feat. His Sunday score of 73 was 1.6 strokes worse than the field average, and he remains the only player to win the U.S. Open while losing strokes in the final round since Tiger Woods in 2008.

Sam Burns finished alone in second place, enduring heartbreak for the second consecutive year. After holding the 54-hole lead at Oakmont in 2025, he struggled with a final round of 78. This year, he finished the tournament with a round of 67, just one stroke off the day’s lowest score, while missing birdie putts on his final two holes that could have forced a playoff.

Tom Kim completed the tournament in solo third place, his best result in a major championship, as he made an impressive debut at the U.S. Open 2026. Keith Mitchell shared an interesting record by shooting even par in all four rounds, while Scottie Scheffler, paired with Clark, secured a tie for fourth as he sought to complete a career grand slam. Notably, Joaquín Niemann made history by finishing tied for seventh, despite carding an 11 on one hole in Round 1.

Lastly, Jackson Koivun and Ryder Cowan shared the title of low amateur, marking the first tie for that honor since 2018. Koivun’s score of 68 in the final round was the lowest by an amateur at the U.S. Open since Viktor Hovland's performance at Pebble Beach.