Wyndham Clark went from challenger at the 2023 U.S. Open to winner on Sunday.
Clark shot an even-par round for the day, but that was good enough to outlast the likes of Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Rickie Fowler at Los Angeles Country Club for his first major win. He shot 10 under for the tournament as he maintained a high level of play as the course became increasingly difficult over the weekend.
For those who have never heard of Wyndham Clark, don't feel bad: despite logging his first professional events as early as 2016-17, he did not emerge as one of the sport's top players until the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. And while he may have earned his first major victory, he certainly wasn't the best-known player among the top 10 finishers.
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With that, The Sporting News has everything you need to know about Clark, including his world ranking, career earnings and more:
Wyndham Clark Official World Golf Ranking
According to the most recent Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), Clark ranks 32nd in the world. That is a massive improvement over his ranking at the end of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season, when he finished 122nd in the ranking.
Wyndham Clark PGA Tour wins
Wyndham Clark has two wins on the PGA Tour.
The first came at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C., in early May and was part of what fueled his jump up the OWGR leaderboard. He won with an aggregate score of 19 under par, beating runner-up Xander Schauffele (-15) by four strokes.
Clark added to his PGA Tour resume in a big way at the 2023 U.S. Open. He won the tournament, the first major of his career, after carding a 10-under score for the four rounds. He prevailed by a stroke over Rory McIlroy.
Before his two wins in 2023, Clark's best PGA Tour finish was at the 2020 Bermuda Championship, where he lost in a two-golfer playoff to Brian Gay after both finished 15 under after four rounds. To date, Clark has 16 top-10 finishes for his PGA Tour career, including seven in 2022-23 — the most in a single season for the seven-year pro.
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Wyndham Clark career earnings
According to data from his PGA Tour bio, Clark has made $15.02 million in official career earnings on the tour. The majority of his career earnings have come this season, where he has taken home $10.09 million in winnings. That is largely thanks to him earning his first two career victories in PGA Tour designated events.
Here is a season-by-season breakdown of his career earnings on the PGA Tour:
| Season | Winnings | Events played |
| 2016-17 | $16,934 | 5 |
| 2017-18 | $68,800 | 3 |
| 2018-19 | $1,278,721 | 27 |
| 2019-20 | $814,737 | 23 |
| 2020-21 | $1,198,800 | 27 |
| 2021-22 | $1,544,055 | 30 |
| 2022-23 | $10,092,979 | 22 |
| Career | $15,015,026 | 137 |
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How much did Wyndham Clark make at the U.S. Open?
Clark made $3.6 million for winning the U.S. Open. That matches the sum he took home for winning the Wells Fargo Championship — a designated event — earlier in the 2022-23 PGA Tour season.
Rory McIlroy made $2.18 million for his runner-up finish at the U.S. Open, so Clark would have taken home a seven-figure payout to bolster his income for the 2023 calendar year had the finishing positions been flipped.
Wyndham Clark U.S. Open history
Clark's win at the 2023 U.S. Open came in just his third career appearance at the event. As one would expect, it was a significant improvement over his previous two finishes at the major.
Clark had never made the cut at the U.S. Open before doing so in 2023. He finished 5 over and 4 over in his first two appearances.
| Year | Finish | Score to par |
| 2021 | Missed cut | 5 over |
| 2022 | Missed cut | 4 ver |
| 2023 | 1st | 10-under |
Where did Wyndham Clark go to college?
Clark grew up in the Denver area, where he was a high school classmate of 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey.
He originally enrolled at Oklahoma State — where Viktor Hovland would later play collegiately — in 2012. While enrolled as a Cowboy, he finished ninth at the 2012 U.S. Amateur.
He played four seasons for the Cowboys before transferring to the University of Oregon in 2016-17 to finish his collegiate career. There, he won the Pac-12 Conference championship and was named Pac-12 Player of the Year.