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Wyndham Clark is happy he’s tied for the lead with Rickie Fowler at 10-under heading into Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open.
But he wasn’t happy with how late the round finished.
The 29-year-old Clark played in the final group with Fowler on Saturday, but their round didn’t start until 3:40 Pacific time (6:40 Eastern), and the duo finished as the sun was clearly setting.
The first pairing that just made the cut didn’t start their round until 9:33 Pacific, which Clarke felt could have been an hour and a half or two hours earlier.
“It’s a little ridiculous that we teed off that late,” Clark said. “I would say right around hole 15 or 16 it started getting to where you couldn’t see that well. I mean, I don’t personally understand why we teed off — we played twilight golf.
Clark — who said Friday he’s not trying just to win the U.S. Open for himself but also for his late mother, Lise, who died of breast cancer in 2013 — said their scores were affected by playing in near darkness.
“At the end, it was — the last two holes I 100 percent think my bogey on 17 was because I couldn’t see, and I think Rickie’s bogey on 18 (after a missed 5-footer for par) was because he couldn’t see.
