Wyndham Clark is lucky he didn’t hurt someone at Quail Hollow Club on Sunday afternoon.
Clark, after hitting a bad shot off the tee at No. 16 during the final round of the PGA Championship, immediately turned and launched his driver behind him with both hands out of frustration. The club went slamming into the sponsor wall behind the tee box at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina. The club head actually came off the shaft, too, and broke through the wall.
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Still livid, Clark then picked up the shaft and tossed it off to the side before walking down the fairway. He just left the broken club behind and finished his round without it.
Thankfully, nobody was standing directly behind Clark when he erupted.
It’s easy to understand why Clark was upset on Sunday. He opened his final round at the major championship with four bogeys in his first five holes, and he finished in a tie for 50th at 4-over on the week. It was actually his best finish at a PGA Championship in his career.
Clark has largely struggled since winning the U.S. Open in 2023, too. He missed the cut in three of the four majors last season, and he finished T46 at the Masters last month. He has just a single top-10 finish on Tour this season.
While Clark is heading home from North Carolina, clearly frustrated with how he played, he’ll have to hunt down a new driver before he can start fixing his game and regroup in time for the U.S. Open next month at Oakmont.