Wyndham Clark pays ultimate price for US Open act of rage as he's brutally clamped for his vandalism
Shamed Wyndham Clark has been booted out by Oakmont following his vandalism.
The American bad-boy will not be getting back into the venue until he coughs up cash and undergoes anger management sessions.
Clark's behaviour at last month's US Open was shocking after images of smashed up lockers inside the Oakmont clubhouse went public and he was pinpointed as the culprit. Now the club has notified it's members that the unruly star is banned.
Golf Digest obtained a copy of the letter sent by club president John Lynch which read: 'Several of you have inquired about the situation involving Wyndham Clark and the steps being taken in response to his recent behavior. Following multiple discussions with the USGA and the OCC Board, a decision has been made that Mr. Clark will no longer be permitted on OCC property.
'This decision will remain in effect unless formally reconsidered and approved by the Board.
'Reinstatement would be contingent upon Mr. Clark fulfilling a number of specific conditions, including full repayment for damages, a meaningful contribution to a charity of the Board's choosing, and the successful completion of counseling and/or anger management sessions.
'Thank you for your understanding and continued support.'
Clark, who will tee it up at Royal Portrush, made a weak apology in the immediate aftermath, but was more forthcoming when confronted at last weekend's Scottish Open.
He said: 'Yeah, I mean, I made a mistake in a moment of rage with, you know, a bad year and everything coming together and it just was more than anything a good wake-up call for me to say: Hey, you know what, let's get back on track and things aren't that bad.
'I live a great life and I'm not that far off from playing good golf, so I feel like I've turned a page and we're now maybe on the right track of playing some good golf.'
It was pointed out that fire and passion can still be key to a golfer's success if channeled correctly and he continued: 'Oh, 100 per cent. 'A lot of guys have a lot of passion out there and I'm definitely one of them, so I'm not going to ever take that away. Just maybe not channelling it into lockers is probably better.'
You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Celtic page, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.
We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to your phone. Join our Celtic community here.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The National
21 hours ago
- The National
Trump's traits are far from presidential – but are we even surprised?
Can't speak for other Scots, but it sure isn't what I expect of Scotland's head of a would-be state. It might have been expected were we talking about almost any other US president, but Donald Trump has surely forfeited any right to demand respect or the normal courtesies of diplomatic life. Do we really want to see images of a warm handshake between the First Minister of Scotland and this shyster? Every single report from Trump's first term speaks of total chaos orchestrated by a monstrous ego. All that's changed is that this time he's surrounded by spineless sycophants. The best we can hope for now is that our FM will not use the meeting to stage some form of Keir Starmer tribute act; to flatter and fawn over this notoriously thin skinned, convicted felon. Not content with stuffing the White House with super obedient loyalists, Trump's systematically approved the firing of scores of people whose principal job was to protect the American people. READ MORE: Trump International golf tournament to receive £180k from Scottish Government To take an instance not at all at random, the man who was flown down to Florida to question Ghislaine Maxwell, erstwhile fixer for the late Jeffrey Epstein, technically represents the Justice Department as deputy attorney general, but actually was one of Trump's principal defence lawyers! The very same Justice Department which already holds the Epstein files. Or so they said, until Trump decided they didn't actually exist. Since even the MAGA base has been publicly querying their president's links to the man jailed for trafficking underage women, Trump now flails around looking for any and all distractions including accusing ex-President Barack Obama of treason. Obama has long been a fixation for Trump; maybe because he represented everything Trump doesn't. Maybe because Obama once told a very public joke at Trump's expense at the Correspondents' annual dinner. (Image: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, via REUTERS) Trump ran a 'birther' campaign alleging, quite untruthfully, that Obama had been born abroad and was therefore not eligible to stand for president. In fact, President Obama was born in Hawaii to an 18-year-old American mum. His dad was Kenyan. Trump's latest wheeze is to take the longstanding right from anyone born in America to be an American. He could do worse than start that nonsense with his first-born adult children, all of whom first saw life before their mother was naturalised. You will recall that candidate Trump accused Obama of likely to spend his presidency playing golf too often! In reality, the American taxpayer has just forked out some $23 million to fly the current president to Florida to play golf at his own resort. The resort where his security detail are expected to stay at enhanced rates. He goes there on Air Force One – not a cheap option when you consider that a following plane houses his bulletproof cars. This doesn't include the quarter of a million dollars the local authorities spend on presidential protection every time. The White House tells us that Trump plans to discuss the brilliant trade deal he concluded with Keir Starmer when the men meet on Monday. That would be the deal which will currently cost Scottish exporters a 10% tariff on goods such as whisky and salmon. Small wonder the US president keeps citing this deal as exceptional. Back home he's known as the TACO president, as in Trump always chickens out. Though woe betide any journalist who has the temerity to raise this. One did the other day and was duly monstered. The facts tell a different story; what seems to be the presidential modus operandi is that he thinks of a tariff number and doubles it. Then when he abruptly reduces the initial figure, the countries involved are meant to fall at his feet in gratitude. He even managed to impose tariffs on one trading 'partner' where no alleged deficit existed. It was widely thought that the startling imposition on Brazil had rather more to do with Trump's right-wing pal and former president Jair Bolsonaro facing jail. Which suggests that tariffs are now being deployed as political weaponry. Doubtless, the argument will be made that realpolitik demands that you deal with whomsoever is the elected leader of America. This would hold good if the elected person had not attracted wholesale buyers' regret. If his poll ratings were not going swiftly south, except in his own head. If his behaviour indicated a scintilla of understanding how a president should behave and speak. If he hadn't trashed all his supposed allies whilst openly admiring authoritarian dictators. He is a proven crook and serial cheat. Ask any of the traders he hired but failed to pay. Ask any of the women he used as temporary playthings. Ask just about anyone with the misfortune to have had dealings with him. He actually encouraged the very conspiracy theories of which he's now being accused. One of them suggested Hillary Clinton was part of a Democratic paedophile ring operating out of a basement pizza parlour. The premises turned out not even to possess a basement. Does none of that count for anything? Does none of that underline that this is a man with whom we should not be seen doing business. It certainly does for Joseph DeLappe, the American who set up a stall in Aberdeen at lunchtime on Friday which featured an American flag with the legend 'SORRY' stitched along the front. He says he did it in order to offer an apology for what his president has done, and what his country has become. Something tells me Trump will not find time to drop by. The actor David Tennant has just released a short video where he alleges Trump has said he's looking forward to going to Scotland because people love him there. Cue Tennant saying: 'On behalf of the Scottish nation, no we effing don't!' You suspect Mr Tennant has more of a finger on the national pulse than those advising the First Minister. The very fact of his coming here to promote his own commercial interests should have rung loud alarm bells. Like most of his activities, it's the wrong kind of first for a White House resident. Then again, before the ink was dry on his many executive orders, he had already launched his own crypto currency, swiftly followed by another promoted by his current wife. If you might be wondering 'has he no shame?', the answer is NO. No shame, no dignity, no class, no clue about decency. He cares about golf, certainly. Which is why he's here to open yet another course and doubtless to whinge about how the wind turbine off the north east coast spoil the view. Let's hope the FM suffers from selective deafness at that point. And just how will the man who promised at every rally, and in his acceptance speech, to 'drill, baby, drill' explain his fossil fuel enthusiasms to an administration which hardly shares his perspective. Infamously he is a climate change denier – even as his own country is ravaged by floods and wild fires. He suggested the fires in California – a Democratic state – were caused by the failure to clear the ground of forest debris. He roundly denied the failure to warn about the devastating floods and flash floods in half a dozen states had anything whatsoever to do with his arranging for the dismissal of weather experts. That's another Trump trait – the refusal to accept blame for anything anywhere. If he is in the market for a Scottish motto, how about: 'It wisnae me!'
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Flimsy fence protects air base set for Britain's new nuclear-armed jets
The flimsy barrier is 300 metres from the runway at RAF Marham, Norfolk. Our revelation comes just weeks after protesters were arrested for causing £7million of damage to aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire An airbase set to house the RAF's nuclear-armed jets is protected by a five-foot wooden fence. The flimsy barrier is 300 metres from the runway at RAF Marham, Norfolk. Our revelation comes just weeks after protesters were arrested for causing £7million of damage to aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The fence at RAF Marham can be accessed by five gaps in a hedge in a farmer's field. We visited the spot this week and stood there for 30 minutes but no security guard came to check on us. The rest of the base is surrounded by 18-foot barbed-wire fences. Last night Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former army colonel and nuclear weapons expert, said: 'It seems incongruous that at the base for our stealth fighters there is only a picket fence, which a small child could vault, as protection. When our new tactical nuclear bombers, the F-35As, arrive at RAF Marham, a wooden fence is almost encouraging terrorists to 'have a go'.' RAF Marham is the home of 617 Squadron 'The Dambusters' who fly the F-35B Lightning multi-role stealth fighter. A month ago Keir Starmer announced the government was buying at least 12 American-made F-35A fighter-bombers that can carry nuclear weapons as well as conventional ones at an estimated cost of around £700million. At a Nato summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister said the purchase was a 'response to a growing nuclear threat'. Downing Street said the move was 'the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation'. It is the first time the RAF will be able to carry nukes since the 1990s. The move comes at a time of growing global insecurity – and as the PM and his European and Canadian allies scramble to convince Donald Trump they are serious about defending Europe, rather than relying on the US. Colonel de Bretton-Gordon added: 'I applaud the design to get a tactical nuclear deterrent but the protection of these aircraft is as important as the aircraft themselves'. A government spokesperson said: ''We take security extremely seriously and operate a multi-layered approach to protect our sites, including fencing, patrols and CCTV monitoring. Following the incident at Brize Norton, we are urgently reviewing security and have implemented a series of enhanced security measures at all sites. After years of hollowing out and underfunding of the armed forces, the Strategic Defence Review concluded that we need to invest more, backed by the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.'
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
Three spectators die after rally car veers off road during race
Three spectators at a rally event in France have been killed after a car left the road this morning. A pair of brothers aged 60 and 70 died at the scene, while a 40-year-old father died later in hospital, according to local news outlet La Montagne. The race was taking place near Ambert in the Puy-de-Dome region west of Lyon this morning. It has now been cancelled. Local media said the driver, a 22-year-old woman, and her 51-year-old co-driver have been taken to hospital but their condition is not life-threatening. More Trending In a post on X, the Puy-de-Dome prefecture said: 'This morning, a tragic accident occurred during the Rallye de la Fourme d'Ambert. 'Following a vehicle in the race going off the road, several spectators were struck.' It added: 'Our thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and all those affected by this tragedy.' An investigation into involuntary manslaughter has now been opened. Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Keir Starmer says state is 'inalienable' right of Palestinian people MORE: Fake American catches Paris restaurants charging more than French diners MORE: Spectator run over by Ineos team car during Tour de France
