Schauffele pulled into the lead with birdies at Nos. 1 over the cart path, leaving him a difficult approach shot that led to a bogey. "Yeah, he deserves to be holding that trophy."Ĭlark showed the poise of a champion after a rough start Sunday. "To go and put that round of 63 together and finish at 19 under is a fantastic effort," Hatton said. And he set himself up at Quail Hollow with Saturday's third-round 63, one stroke better than Schauffele. He had finished in the top six in three of his past five starts, including last month's third-place finish at the Zurich Classic, a team event where he played with Beau Hossler. "There are so many times that I wanted to cry and break clubs - and I did break clubs at times - in this journey," Clark said. The world's 80th-ranked player opened the final round with a two-shot lead, surrendered it to Schauffele after seven holes, then stormed back to win after playing the final 11 holes in 4 under. Michael Kim (69) was seventh at 10 under, one stroke ahead of a six-man jam that included Max Homa (70), who won the 2022 edition of the tournament at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland because Quail Hollow was preparing to host last fall's Presidents Cup.Ĭhattanooga's Stephan Jaeger shot a 70 for the fourth straight day and tied for 27th at 4 under, while fellow Baylor grad Keith Mitchell (75) shared 59th at 2 over.Ĭlark's victory didn't come easy, which was perhaps fitting for his career. English was 2 over for the round at the turn, but his four birdies on the back nine secured the strong finish. Clark finished the 72-hole event at 19-under 265, the second-lowest score in relation to par in the tournament's history, behind only three-time champion Rory McIlroy's 21-under 267 in 2015, when par for the course was 72.īaylor School graduate Harris English (69) tied for third with England's Tyrell Hatton (70) at 12 under, one shot better than England's Tommy Fleetwood (70) and Australia's Adam Scott (71). The 29-year-old Colorado native closed with a 3-under-par 68 for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele (70), who struggled with accuracy from the tee in the final round. I thought I would have won one earlier, but it is well worth the wait." "It's been a long five years to get to this point. "I'm a little choked up," Clark said on the green. The long, agonizing wait of five years on the tour, including days where he wanted to "break some clubs," was finally over. Wyndham Clark tried to pull his hat over his eyes with both hands as he struggled to hold back tears on the 18th green at Quail Hollow Club, where he won the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory.
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