Wyndham Clark blows lead, wins BMW Championship anyway to enter player of the year conversation

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 23, 2026 · 779 words · By Associated Press

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What to know about Wyndham Clark blows lead, wins BMW Championship anyway to enter player of the year conversation

LOUIS — Wyndham Clark has been through this before — losing a big lead in the final round, playing alongside a gallery favorite.

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What happened

LOUIS — Wyndham Clark has been through this before — losing a big lead in the final round, playing alongside a gallery favorite.

Why it matters

He finished strong Sunday at the BMW Championship, just like he did at the U.S.

Common ground

Open, and closed with an even-par 70 for a three-shot victory at Bellerive.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Gary Woodland... pulled through with a 69 to tie for fourth?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/23/sports/wyndham-clark-wins-bmw-championship-with-ro…

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Claim 1: “Gary Woodland... pulled through with a 69 to tie for fourth.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny Gary Woodland's final round score or his tie for fourth place.

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Claim 2: “Clark won for the third time this year”

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Nbcwashington and a web search result from AOL both explicitly state that Clark had three wins on the season/year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wyndham Robert Clark is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won two major championships, the 2023 and 2026 U.S. Opens.Current tour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Clark

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web search NEUTRAL — Clark has three wins on the season, including a major title and a FedEx Cup playoff event, and the 32-year-old professional golfer has been searching for a girlfriend since he made a comical analogy o…
https://www.aol.com/articles/wyndham-clark-candidly-confirms…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Official PGA Tour Profile of Wyndham Clark. PGA Tour Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights.
https://www.pgatour.com/player/51766/wyndham-clark

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Claim 3: “McIlroy... closed with a 69 and finished alone in third.”

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Only the original source (Nbcwashington) reports that McIlroy closed with a 69 and finished alone in third; no other provided evidence confirms this specific detail.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — McIlroy... closed with a 69 and finished alone in third.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/golf/wyndham-clark…

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Claim 4: “Clark also moved into the top six automatic spots that qualified for the Presidents Cup, joining Scheffler, Cameron Young, Russell Henley, Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa.”

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Claim 5: “Patrick Cantlay... closing with three birdies in a row for a 68 to finish runner-up”

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Nbcwashington, Wikipedia, and web search results confirm Patrick Cantlay finished as the runner-up with a final round score of 68.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won one major championship, the 2019 Open Championship. Lowry won the Irish Ope…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Lowry

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrick Stephen Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won eight tournaments. During his collegiate career at UCLA, Cantlay was numbe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cantlay

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BMW Championship is a professional golf tournament which is the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour schedule. Introduced in 2007, the BMW Championship was previously known as the W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Championship

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Claim 6: “Gary Woodland... returns to the Tour Championship for the first time since 2019”

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Claim 7: “Gary Woodland... recovering from brain surgery three years ago.”

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Nbcwashington, CNN, and AOL all confirm Gary Woodland underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor in September 2023, which is approximately three years prior to the 2026 event described.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gary Woodland got choked up in his return to Augusta. The golfer spoke to ESPN about coming back to the iconic Masters tournament, where he played the Par 3 Contest with his family on Wednesday. Woodl…
https://www.aol.com/articles/gary-woodland-gets-emotional-pl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Simply put, American golfer Gary Woodland is beyond inspiring. He’s courageous, resilient and the very that fact he’s even playing in this week’s season-ending Tour Championship less than three years …
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/sport/tour-championship-gary-…

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web search NEUTRAL — He underwent successful surgery in September. “I just want to prove you can do hard things,” Woodland told the Associated Press in January. “I want to prove to my kids nobody is going to tell you you …
https://www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/tiger-woods-sponsor-…

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Claim 8: “Wyndham Clark... closed with an even-par 70 for a three-shot victory at Bellerive [at the BMW Championship].”

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Multiple independent sources (Nbcwashington, web search results from PGA Tour news and other sports outlets) confirm Wyndham Clark won the BMW Championship at Bellerive with an even-par 70 and a three-shot victory.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the 2026 season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 13–30. It included the following three eve…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wyndham Robert Clark (born December 9, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won two major championships, the 2023 and 2026 U.S. Opens. After playing collegiately…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Clark

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Claim 9: “British Open champion Ryan Fox nailed down the final spot.”

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Claim 10: “He lost his five-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 11 holes”

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Nbcwashington, Athlon, and Yahoo Sports all report that Clark's five-shot lead disappeared/vanished over the course of the round, specifically mentioning the charge by Rory McIlroy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Masters Tournament was the 90th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the four men's major golf championships held in 2026. The tournament was played April 9–12 at Augusta Nation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and ha…
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Claim 11: “Those falling out of the top 30 were Rickie Fowler, Bud Cauley and Kurt Kitayama.”

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Claim 12: “Robert MacIntyre closed with a 65 and tied for seventh”

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Claim 13: “Cantlay... won at East Lake in 2021 to claim the FedEx Cup.”

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Strong authoritative evidence from the New York Times, PGA Tour, and Wikipedia confirms Patrick Cantlay won the 2021 Tour Championship at East Lake to claim the FedEx Cup.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 19 – September 5. It included the following thr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FedEx Cup is the championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction in 2007 marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Since its inception, the competition has be…
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Claim 14: “He finished... at 17-under 263.”

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Nbcwashington and web search results confirm the final score was 17-under 263.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 United States Open Championship was the 123rd U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It was a 72-hole stroke play played from June 15–18 on the North Course of L…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Open Championship was the 126th edition of the U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It was held from June 18–21, 2026 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Cl…
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