Wyndham Clark has apologised for “doing something awful” by damaging a locker throughout this 12 months’s US Open at Oakmont and hopes his ban at that course might be lifted.
Clark was reportedly suspended from the Pittsburgh venue after his outburst in June, which got here after he missed the lower on the third males’s main of the 12 months.
The American – who received the US Open in Los Angeles in 2023, beating Rory McIlroy by one stroke – spoke about his Oakmont suspension after a fourth-placed end within the Open Championship at Royal Portrush on Sunday.
Clark stated: “I did something awful, and I’m really sorry for it.
“Hopefully, they’ve it of their coronary heart to forgive me, and possibly sooner or later I will be capable to play there. It is a incredible course and place. However that is as much as them.
Oakmont is because of host the 2033 US Open, with Clark permitted to return if he pays for damages, makes a “meaningful contribution” to a specific charity and undergoes anger administration or counselling, in line with a letter despatched by membership president John Lynch.
Clark added: “I really feel horrible about what occurred. I am doing something I can to attempt to treatment the scenario.
“Obviously it’s a no-brainer to pay for the damages. That was a given. Then the apologies, and I want to give back to the community because I hurt a great place in Pittsburgh.
“I needed to do something I can to point out them that what occurred there was not a mirrored image of who I’m and will not occur once more. I wish to present them who I actually am.”
‘We were hoping ban was going to stay private’
Clark did appear frustrated at Lynch’s letter being made public, though, saying “We had been hoping it was going to be non-public.
“I’ll just leave it at that.”
Clark has vowed to pay for damages after his Oakmont outburst
The 31-year-old additionally misplaced his cool through the PGA Championship in Could, hurling his driver and damaging an indication close to the tee field.
He added: “I’ve been pretty open about my mental shift and change to get better.
“I did that in 2023 and 2024 – [but] the frustration and expectations after a troublesome 12 months I did two silly issues.
“One thing that it did do is wake me up and get me back into the person I know I am and the person I want to be.
“I hope these issues do not mirror as a result of I do not assume they mirror on who I’m, and going ahead that stuff is just not going to occur once more.”
