LOS ANGELES– Wyndham Clark, in contention for the U.S. Open title Sunday, took an indirect chance at the United States Golf Association (USGA) for late tee times he stated expense him and Rickie Fowler strokes Saturday throughout the 3rd round.
Clark, who teed off last with Fowler at 3:40 p.m. regional time (6:40 p.m. ET) and completed at 7:56 p.m. (10:56 p.m. ET) Saturday at Los Angeles Nation Club, blamed darkness on his making a bogey at No. 17 and Fowler making a bogey at No. 18.
” I indicate, it’s a little outrageous we teed off that late,” Clark stated. “I would state ideal around hole 15 or 16 it began getting to where you could not see that well. I indicate, I do not personally comprehend why we teed off– we played twilight golf.
” So it’s type of difficult and it’s insane to believe that we’re doing that on the last 2 holes of a significant when we might have teed off 2 hours previously. Ideally tomorrow we do not have that problem.”
Clark and Fowler are arranged to tee off Sunday at 2:30 p.m. regional time (5:30 p.m. ET).
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The USGA, which runs the U.S. Open and sets the tee times, did not right away react to an ask for remark about Clark’s remarks. The late tee times Saturday permitted NBC to air its broadcast throughout prime-time show.
Clark and Fowler head into the last round of the competition Sunday sharing the lead at 10-under.
Clark won his very first PGA Trip occasion in Might with a triumph at the Wells Fargo Champion. He has actually never ever completed much better than connected for 75th at a significant.
