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Clark builds 4-shot lead as U.S. Open suspended
Key takeaways
- SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The USGA set up a different golf course at Shinnecock Hills to keep it playable in strong wind.
- Clark seized on a more gentle course -- slightly calmer and still soft with receptive greens -- by pulling away late to reach 6 under par through 16 holes.
- He left in darkness with a four-shot lead over seven players -- one of them University of Oklahoma junior Ryder Cowan; another one the surprisingly resurgent Dustin Johnson.
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The USGA set up a different golf course at Shinnecock Hills to keep it playable in strong wind. And when the wind subsided late Thursday afternoon, Wyndham Clark looked like he was playing a different U.S. Open.
Clark seized on a more gentle course -- slightly calmer and still soft with receptive greens -- by pulling away late to reach 6 under par through 16 holes.
He left in darkness with a four-shot lead over seven players -- one of them University of Oklahoma junior Ryder Cowan; another one the surprisingly resurgent Dustin Johnson.
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