Wyndham Clark loses The Players Championship on heartbreaking putt
Wyndham Clark came within centimeters of forcing a playoff at The Players Championship on Sunday.
Scottie Scheffler shot 8-under at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Fla., in the final round of The Players Championship to finish 20-under for the tournament. He was the leader in the clubhouse when Wyndham Clark had a good look at a birdie on the 18th green that would have forced a playoff. Clark appeared to hit a good putt, but the ball went all the way around the cup and lipped out.
IT DOESN'T GO!
Wyndham Clark's putt lips out and Scottie Scheffler wins #THEPLAYERS. pic.twitter.com/5jduEFI9gO
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) March 17, 2024
Clark’s ball was so close to going in that half of it was below the lip before it popped out.
Wyndham Clark almost sent it to a playoff 🤏 pic.twitter.com/omYOAFullM
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Clark hit the putt a little too firm, which is why it didn’t fall. Still, you can’t get much closer than that to sinking a clutch putt in a huge tournament. That miss is going to haunt his dreams for a long, long time.
Scheffler became the first player in PGA history to win The Players Championship in consecutive years.