Wyndham Clark apologized Monday for letting his frustrations get the most effective of him and dangerously flinging his driver after a poor tee shot throughout the closing spherical of the PGA Championship.
Clark, who was 3 over for the match and was coming off a bogey, hit his tee shot to the proper on No. 16. Earlier than the ball even landed, Clark introduced the membership again and violently flung it into signage behind the tee field — a number of toes from a volunteer holding a flag.
The affect left a gap within the signage and snapped the top of Clark’s driver off the shaft. He tossed the damaged shaft to the facet, leaving each items of the membership behind as he made his solution to his ball within the bunker.
“I want to sincerely apologize for my habits yesterday on Gap 16,” Clark posted to X on Monday. “As professionals, we’re anticipated to stay skilled even when annoyed and I sadly let my feelings get the most effective of me. My actions had been uncalled for and fully inappropriate, making it clear that I’ve issues I have to work on.
“I maintain myself to a excessive normal, making an attempt to all the time play for one thing larger than myself, and yesterday I fell wanting these requirements. For that I’m really sorry. I promise to higher the way in which I deal with my frustrations on the course going ahead, and hope you all can forgive me in due time.”
Clark, who received the 2023 U.S. Open, had a run of 4 consecutive bogeys on the entrance 9 en path to a 3-over 74 on Sunday to complete in a tie for fiftieth at 4 over — 15 strokes behind winner Scottie Scheffler.