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The emotional moment Wyndham Clark clinched the US Open 2023 win will give you chills

What a moment.

Just imagine you’re Wyndham Clark.

You’ve won your first title on the PGA Tour just last month at age 29. And on Sunday, you’re trying to hold off Rory McIlroy, a legend and a multiple major winner at the 2023 U.S. Open, with the golf world’s eyes on you.

And you hit that winning putt in. Suddenly, history has been made.

You get the idea. You can see all the emotion running through him as he made that final putt on No. 18 at Los Angeles Country Club.

Take a look at these videos and tell me you don’t get chills. What a moment:

The 9 best photos after Wyndham Clark’s stunning US Open 2023 win

What a win!

Wyndham Clark is a major champion.

The golfer who won earlier this year at the Wells Fargo Championship, who was a high school classmate of Christian McCaffrey, who lost his mother to breast cancer when he was 19 — he’s now etche his mother to breast cancer when he was 19 d his name in golf history with a win at the 2023 U.S. Open.

He held off Rory McIlroy to win at Los Angeles Country Club by just one stroke, and now the 29-year-old can celebrate joining some of the all-time greats with the victory.

Let’s take a look at some of the best photos after he won:

US Open playoff format: What will happen in 2023 if they need to play extra holes

Here is the US Open playoff for the 2023 major.

The 2023 U.S. Open is so so so CLOSE (at least when we wrote this, when there were three players within one shot of each other on the leaderboard heading to the final round at Los Angeles Country Club, with another three strokes back).

So if you’re here, you’re probably wondering: What’s the playoff format should extra holes be necessary to declare a winner?

We have an answer: Nope, it won’t take an extra full round of 18 holes. Instead: Two holes will be played and total strokes will decide the winner. If there’s still a tie? It goes to sudden death until a winner gets decided.

There you have it.

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Everyone was so annoyed about the nonstop buzzing sound during the U.S. Open broadcast

It basically ruined the broadcast.

The 2023 U.S. Open wasn’t your typical major tournament. While we’re used to seeing packed crowds and buzzing atmospheres at the U.S. Open, the only buzzing at Los Angeles Country Club took place overhead.

From the opening round of the tournament, the smaller crowd and subdued atmosphere in Los Angeles led to a brutal viewing experience on television (and likely in person) with airplane noise audible nonstop on the NBC broadcast.

Fans eventually decided to look on Flight Aware to see what the source of the noise was, and we were indeed hearing a plane circling Los Angeles Country Club all tournament.

Someone had to give an airplane the green light to circle the course for an entire weekend, which was a terrible decision. And it was downright shocking that NBC hadn’t figured out a way to minimize the noise over a four-day period.

You can’t blame golf fans for being upset about the incessant buzzing noise. It was relentless.

5 Wyndham Clark facts to know as he contends at the 2023 US Open

Some facts about the contender at the 2023 US Open.

Wyndham Clark may not have been the most known name in golf heading into 2023.

But he’s having quite a year on the PGA Tour, and now he’s among the top names heading into the final round of the 2023 U.S. Open.

So you might be wondering: Who is Clark and what should you know about him as he plays the final round at Los Angeles Country Club?

Let’s dive in with some facts about Clark and a look back at how he got to this place, which included his first tournament win in 2023 (see below):

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Golf fans LOVE the 2023 US Open in primetime and now want 1 major a year on the West Coast

PRIMETIME MAJOR GOLF IS THE BEST!

Throughout the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, a trend has emerged for those of us on the East Coast.

We’re getting major championship golf … in primetime. That’s right, when it’s evening time? They’re still playing!

Now, that can only happen if the tournament is on the West Coast, or maybe even in mountain time. But, hey, maybe this is the start of a trend that the golf community can think about way down the road as tournament organizers plan very much ahead (remember, most of the majors have locations already).

Still, here’s a roundup of fan reaction to primetime major golf:

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Why the 2023 US Open crowds are so small at Los Angeles Country Club

There’s an explanation for this.

If you’ve been watching the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, you might be a little mystified.

We’re talking about one of the biggest golf tournaments of the year, a major that will turn the winner into an all-time champ, in an event that’s supposed to be arguably the biggest test in the sport.

So … why aren’t the crowds packed to the brim full of fans? Why does it look so sparsely attended?

There’s a good reason for that: The footprint of LACC doesn’t allow for a huge number of people to attend. So the USGA allotted 22,000 tickets per day. Add in factors like Los Angeles traffic and how tricky it might be to move from hole to hole, and there you go. You get photos like this:

 (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

There’s your answer.

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US Open announcers: Who’s calling the tournament on NBC, USA Network and Peacock in 2023?

Here’s your answer.

The 2023 U.S. Open is here! We’re about to get what should be some very hard golf over the next four days at Los Angeles Country Club for the latest major this year.

And if you’re here, you could be wondering: Who’s that on the mic for the tournament broadcast by NBC and its various cable and streaming partners?

Great question. We’re here to answer it as we watch the favorites along with some of the sleepers who could win it all.

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So, here you go: Here’s who’s calling the action this week:

NBC and USA Network

Announcers: Dan Hicks, Terry Gannon, Steve Sands

Analysts: Paul Azinger, Brad Faxon, Brandel Chamblee, Morgan Pressel, Paul McGinley, Nick Dougherty

Tower: Curt Byrum, Peter Jacobsen, Jimmy Roberts

Reporters: John Wood, Notah Begay III, Smylie Kaufman, Arron Oberholser, Jim Gallagher Jr., Damon Hack

Peacock

Announcers: George Savaricas, Cara Banks, Steve Burkowski, Justin Kutcher, Steve Schlanger

Analysts: Mark Rolfing, John Cook, Craig Perks, Tripp Isenhour, Jim Gallagher Jr., Arron Oberholser, Pai Mackenzie

Reports: Ned Michaels, Johnson Wagner, Gary Christian

Cameron Young somehow hit a golf ball into a golf cart’s ball holder during the U.S. Open

One of Cameron Young’s golf balls landed in the most improbable spot at Saturday’s U.S. Open.

They say you have to play it where it lies, but golfer Cameron Young quite literally couldn’t hit his ball from one improbable spot at this year’s U.S. Open on Saturday.

Yes, Young somehow turned a tee shot into a shocking landing spot as the ball made its way into a reporter’s golf cart and nestled itself into one of the golf ball holders on the cart’s front console.

The broadcast announcers sounded just as stunned as anyone, and Young shared in their disbelief once he finally made it over to the golf cart where his ball was resting.

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The little golf ball holder in this golf cart is probably going to be one of the most ludicrous landing spots for a golf ball in U.S. Open history, and Young will surely want to keep this ball in a special place to remember the moment.

Like how? It feels like either Bugs Bunny had a magnet that got the golf ball over there, Space Jam-style, or it really was just the luck of the hit.

Mics pick up Jordan Spieth NSFW reaction after a bad shot at the US Open

Jordan Spieth let out his frustration after a rough showing in the first two rounds.

It hasn’t been a great start to the weekend for Jordan Spieth at the 2023 U.S. Open.

While many of his competitors put up comically low scores during Round 1 on Thursday at the Los Angeles Country Club, Spieth shot just 2-over. He was slightly better with a 1-over score on Friday, but he still sits two strokes below the projected cut line of 1-over.

Spieth is a four-time major champion, but he’s looking for his first since 2017. With that wait likely to continue beyond this weekend, Spieth let his frustrations get the best of him.

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After hitting a bad shot during the Par 5 eighth hole during Round 2 on Friday, Spieth was hoping his shot would land in the bunker to give him a better out.

Instead, it landed in the rough to the right of the bunker, setting up a tough shot. Spieth was not pleased, to say the least, and the broadcast caught his reaction in all its splendor.

Warning: Clip contains NSFW language.

We’ve all been there. Unfortunately for Spieth, so was a hot mic.

Ironically, Spieth’s chip on the subsequent shot hit the pin, and he managed to birdie the hole. It was one of just four birdies that he recorded in Round 2.

Isn’t golf funny sometimes?

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