{"id":75136,"date":"2026-06-20T22:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/us-open-glory-beckons-for-wyndham-clark-with-six-shot-lead-going-into-final-round\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:55:23","slug":"us-open-glory-beckons-for-wyndham-clark-with-six-shot-lead-going-into-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/us-open-glory-beckons-for-wyndham-clark-with-six-shot-lead-going-into-final-round\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open glory beckons for Wyndham Clark with six-shot lead going into final round"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Gritty display leaves American in complete control<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Scheffler closest threat after McIlroy charge fades<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wyndham Clark\u2019s lead shrank, then grew, then all but swallowed the tournament whole. The 2023 US Open champion watched a four-shot advantage get cut in half on Saturday while still on the first hole, only to respond with a masterclass in survival golf as Shinnecock Hills <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jun\/20\/us-open-2026-moving-day-golf-updates-from-third-round-live\">finally delivered the bruising examination<\/a> players had anticipated all week.<\/p>\n<p>By day\u2019s end, Clark had stretched his lead to a yawning six shots despite shooting an even-par 70. Scottie Scheffler\u2019s one-under 69 was enough to emerge as the closest pursuer, but the world No 1 will begin Sunday\u2019s final round needing something extraordinary to prevent Clark from capturing America\u2019s national championship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2023\/jun\/19\/wyndham-clark-holds-nerve-to-win-2023-us-open-as-rory-mcilroy-falls-just-short\">for a second time in four years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jun\/21\/us-open-glory-beckons-for-wyndham-clark-with-six-shot-lead-going-into-final-round\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gritty display leaves American in complete control Scheffler closest threat after McIlroy charge fades Wyndham Clark\u2019s lead shrank, then grew, then all but swallowed the tournament whole. The 2023 US Open champion watched a four-shot advantage get cut in half on Saturday while still on the first hole, only to respond with a masterclass in &#8230; <a title=\"US Open glory beckons for Wyndham Clark with six-shot lead going into final round\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/us-open-glory-beckons-for-wyndham-clark-with-six-shot-lead-going-into-final-round\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US Open glory beckons for Wyndham Clark with six-shot lead going into final round\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}