Clark leads US Open in early second round action | The Straits Times

SOUTHAMPTON, New York, June 19 – Wyndham Clark built a four-shot lead heading into the weekend at the U.S. Open, reaching the halfway stage on Friday at seven under par as he hunts for redemption at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The 2023 U.S. Open champion made headlines a year ago when he wrecked a locker after missing the cut at the tournament at Oakmont. But he has been all poise this week at the notoriously tricky Southampton course, where he carded a six-under-par 64 in the first round and a one-under-par 69 in the second. Two-time major winner Xander Schauffele, the 2022 champion Matt Fitzpatrick, American Sam Stevens and South Korea’s Tom Kim shared the second spot on the leaderboard, at three under par. “Yesterday, I really drove it great, and then I was just really conservative into the greens. These greens are obviously the challenge of this golf course,” said Clark. “Then today I kind of did the same thing. Wasn’t as sharp, but the consistency of hitting it to kind of conservative targets really paid off.” Clark cancelled out a bogey at the par-four ninth with birdies at the 12th and 13th on Friday but ran into trouble late in
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