Wyndham Clark breaks Pebble Beach course record with incredible round
American golf star Wyndham Clark has broken the Pebble Beach course record with a round of 60 on Saturday, continuing a career run he's described as "surreal."
The 30-year-old played sensationally from the first hole up until the 18th, hitting some incredible shots on the way to break the course record, with him now sitting at -11 and having a commanding lead to win the tournament for the first time.
The 2023 US Open champion had an amazing start in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, climbing 30 spots with an opening-nine 8-under 28. This put him two shots ahead as he made the turn. He went on to shoot 32 on the back-nine, being just the third man to do so in the history of the course and breaking the record for a round of 60.
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Clark's score of 28 through the first nine also matched the lowest ever on Pebble Beach's front nine in the history of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He is only the fourth man to achieve this score in this event and the first in over 20 years.
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Clark started early, hoping to beat the incoming rain as the American had been in top form during his first nine holes at the famous California course.
Wyndham Clark played an unforgettable round on SaturdayHis score of 28 included eagles at two par-5 holes (Nos. 2 and 6), a near hole-in-one at the seventh, and two long birdie putts at 8 and 9. This was the lowest front-nine total at Pebble in more than two decades (Brent Schwarzrock, Round 1, 2002).
The course is said to have one of the trickier greens in all of Golf, but Clark made it look easy at times with an impressive 39-footer for eagle at the second hole; a 42-footer for eagle at the sixth; and putts of 30 and 28 feet for birdies to finish his nine.
Having turned 30 in December, Clark is coming off his best year as a professional golfer. In 2023, he won two tournaments, including his first major, the U.S. Open, in Los Angeles.
“I kind of checked off career goals that, you know, I’d say a lot of people have when they get into professional golf,” Clark told Subpar of his run of form. “Like, OK, I’d love to win a tournament, love to hopefully contend or win a major and I’d love to make Ryder Cup team, and I did that all in one year. So, yeah, it’s honestly kind of surreal.
“I’ve said this on a few different interviews, that I really don’t think I would have won the U.S. Open if I didn’t win [the Wells Fargo Championship] at Quail Hollow. And so Quail Hollow was almost a bigger hurdle for me in my career, and mentally, than it was the U.S. Open, because I learned so much to myself that day.”
Clark has remained on the PGA Tour, previously turning down offers to join LIV Golf, however, it was reported that he was close to being added to their circuit last month.
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