Calls Mount for Wyndham Clark’s Suspension After Alleged U.S. Open Incident originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club has put the best golfers in the world to the toughest test this week. It presents next-to-impossible scoring conditions and golf rounds that last well over five hours.
On Saturday, PGA star Rory McIlroy admitted that he was indifferent about making the cut on Friday afternoon, saying that he wasn’t sure he wanted to play two more rounds over the weekend.
What Wyndham Clark allegedly did after missing the cut, though, was far worse.
According to a report from Tron Carter, Clark vandalized the locker room at the historic Oakmont Country Club after his round on Friday, damaging several of the lockers.
🚨🥾🚪 #NEW: Wyndham Clark allegedly damaged several lockers in the change room at Oakmont Country Club following a missed cut, per @TronCarterNLU. Additionally, Clark recently destroyed a T-mobile sign at the PGA Championship not long ago.
Is this behaviour acceptable? pic.twitter.com/xJT5GlkxWD
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) June 15, 2025
Clark shot a four-over 74 in both the first and second round, and his eight-over score missed the cut by one stroke. To make matters worse, Clark bogeyed his final hole of the day to miss the cut.
While we wait for further reporting on Clark’s alleged actions, the blowback on social media has been rather drastic. Here’s a look at what fans are saying about the reported outburst from the 2023 U.S. Open champion:
If Wyndham Clark did this, I would strongly urge the @usga to suspend his exemption into the 2026 US Open at Shinnecock Hills. I think the @RandA should also look at suspending his exemption into this year’s @TheOpen .
Finally I would also hope that the @PGATOUR suspends him… https://t.co/MKyR1yUEVL
— Society of Golf Historians (@SHistorians) June 15, 2025
“That’s a historical locker room too id ban him from ever playing there again tbh,” one fan said.
“This is unacceptable anywhere. He’s a guest of Oakmont. You don’t do this ever,” another added.
“Not even close to acceptable, for a pro or amateur,” one fan commented. “He should be suspended. Imagine being a guest at a club and doing that after the round.”
“He should be suspended,” another fan added. “This is ridiculous. The tour and the USGA should make statements strongly condemning the club throwing, profanity, and all the other antics that have become the norm in the professional game.”
Since winning the U.S. Open two years ago at Los Angeles Country Club, Clark has seen his game take a bit of a dip. He won once in 2024 at Pebble Beach, but has not been back into the winner’s circle since, placing in the top 10 in just one of the 15 tournaments he’s played this season.
Related: Rory McIlroy Admits He Didn’t Care About Making Cut at U.S. Open
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
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