Sources: Oakmont shuts out Wyndham Clark for damaging locker

Sources - Oakmont shuts out Wyndham Clark for damaging locker - ESPN

Just saw Clark in a cameo on Apple tv's Stick last night. Damage control?

Golf brings out the best and worst of some people.

A private club is owned by the membership, and professional golfers are guests. It would be similar to going into someone’s home and destroying their property.

A lack of self control is not a good sign for longevity as a professional. Controlling emotions is a large part of playing at a high level.

Wyndham Clark finished tied for 4th place at the British Open, won today by Scottie Scheffler. Wyndham shot a final round 65, one off the best score of the week. In the opening round, Clark shot a 7-over 78. He persevered and finished strong.

The winner of the US Open at Oakmont, JJ Spaun, finished 1-under par by making a 64-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of the tournament. The best golfers in the world and only one broke par on a stupid-hard Oakmont track.

Should Clark have taken his frustration out on a locker? Of course not. He profusely apologized for doing so.

Golf icon Bobby Jones never stopped apologizing for walking off the course at his first British Open because of his poor play. Last week in the final round of the Scottish Open, Rory McElroy was frustrated to the point of tossing his club a good fifty yards down the fairway. Golf is a brutally hard and frustrating game.

Wyndham will proudly represent the USA in the Ryder Cup from September 26 through September 28, at the Bethpage golf course just outside of New York City. He will join OBD Peter Jacobson, a two-time Ryder Cup participant, in representing the USA in one of golf's premier events.

I will be cheering for the USA and Wyndham. His behavior at Oakmont was childlike, but then again, unless a ten-dollar Nassau counts, I've never been what Teddy Roosevelt referred to as 'The Man in the Arena.'