'Really sorry' Clark leaves ban future to Oakmont

Wyndham Clark hopes to play again astatine Oakmont Country Club but says that determination is up to the historical play nine extracurricular Pittsburgh aft it banned him from its property for damaging his locker astatine this year's U.S. Open.

"That's up to them," Clark told reporters Sunday aft helium carded a 6-under 65 successful the last circular to decorativeness 11 nether and successful a necktie for 4th astatine The Open. "I truly don't know. I would anticipation so. It's a fantastic people and place, but that's up to them.

"I did thing awful, and I'm truly atrocious for it. Hopefully, they person it successful their bosom to forgive me, and possibly successful the aboriginal I'll beryllium capable to play there."

In a missive sent to Oakmont Country Club members earlier this week, nine president John Lynch said the nine banned Clark aft aggregate discussions with the United States Golf Association and the club's board.

Oakmont is scheduled to big the U.S. Open again successful 2033, which would beryllium the last twelvemonth of Clark's 10-year exemption for winning the 2023 U.S. Open astatine Los Angeles Country Club.

Clark, 31, could beryllium permitted to instrumentality to Oakmont if helium pays for damages, makes a "meaningful contribution" to a foundation selected by the club's board, and undergoes counseling and/or choler absorption therapy, according to the letter.

"We reached out, and we wanted to bash that," Clark said. "Obviously, it's a no-brainer to wage for the damages. That was a given. Then evidently each the apologies, and I privation to springiness backmost to the assemblage due to the fact that I wounded a large spot successful Pittsburgh, truthful I wanted to bash thing I tin to amusement them that what happened determination was not a reflection of who I americium and won't hap again.

"But I privation to amusement them who I truly americium with the apology and the things I'm going to do."

Clark seemed amazed that his punishment was elaborate successful a missive to Oakmont members.

"We were hoping it was going to beryllium private," Clark said. "I'll conscionable permission it astatine that."

It wasn't the lone clip Clark was criticized for mediocre on-course behaviour this season. At the PGA Championship successful May, helium threw his operator and damaged a motion adjacent the tee container that featured 1 of his astir salient sponsors.

Clark has been unfastened astir his intelligence wellness struggles and temper successful the past.

"I've been beauteous unfastened astir my intelligence displacement and alteration to get better, and I did that successful '23 and '24, and past having a pugnacious twelvemonth and each the expectations and conscionable vexation each coming together, and I did 2 anserine things," helium said. "But 1 happening that it did bash is aftermath maine up and get maine backmost into the idiosyncratic I cognize I americium and the idiosyncratic I privation to be.

"I anticipation those things don't bespeak due to the fact that I don't deliberation they bespeak connected who I am, and going guardant that worldly is not going to hap again."

Clark, who has slipped to 28th successful the Official World Golf Ranking, recorded his champion decorativeness successful a large since winning the 2023 U.S. Open. It was his 2nd top-10 decorativeness successful 20 starts connected circuit this season.