McIlroy comes up just short again in Los Angeles as Wyndham Clark holds his nerve
Clark is of course worthy of immense credit. This is a golfer who in half a dozen previous major appearances had missed the cut four times. His best finish was a tie for 75th. Now $3.6m richer, Clark’s life has changed forever. He displayed nerves of steel when chipping stone dead from a tricky lie at the side of the 17th green. Clark again required fortitude at the last; two putts from 60ft would seal victory. The 29-year-old cried with joy after tapping in for a par four.
McIlroy reached the turn in one under par 34. A par birdie from 5ft at the 8th, which shot straight left, was the key aberration therein. Still, McIlroy was within one and striking distance of Clark in what had quickly become a two-horse race. That changed at the 14th. McIlroy found deep rough guarding a greenside bunker when his wedge shot approach to the par five was hit by a gust. While an embedded ball meant McIlroy received a free drop, he was unable to save par.
As the leaders teed off, Tommy Fleetwood was in the midst of completing his second final round of 63 in a US Open. He is the first player in history to achieve that. Fleetwood’s heroics catapulted him to a share of fifth. Even more striking was the fact Fleetwood missed birdie putts inside of 6ft on both the 1st and 18th. “Everything in between was really, really good,” Fleetwood said. “I just need to be higher up the leaderboard coming into Sunday and then have another day like today.
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