Wyndham Clark led the U.S. Open after the first round, after the second and after the third — and, barely, after the fourth. Clark closed with a 3-over 73 on Sunday at Shinnecock Hills to finish at 4-under 276 and beat Sam Burns by one shot for his second U.S. Open title, adding the 126th championship to his 2023 win at Los Angeles Country Club.

According to Golf Channel, Clark became the ninth player in championship history to win the U.S. Open wire-to-wire, going 64-69-70-73 on the par-70 layout. Burns closed with a 3-under 67 to finish alone at 3-under — his best-ever major result and his third consecutive U.S. Open top 10. Tom Kim (70) took solo third at 1-under, while Scottie Scheffler (71), J.T. Poston (67) and Keith Mitchell (70) tied for fourth at even par.

The finish nearly got away from him. Clark began Sunday six shots clear, but three front-nine bogeys in his closing 73 cut the lead to a single stroke. At the par-5 16th he hacked out of the fescue and drained a 24-foot birdie putt; after a bogey at 17, he two-putted from 53 feet for the par at 18 that finished the job.

The win landed on a day full of storylines. Scheffler, playing in the final pairing on his 30th birthday, was denied the career Grand Slam. Clark’s father, Randall, took a redeye flight from Denver and surprised his son at the final green. Clark earned $4.5 million from the championship’s $22.5 million purse.

The title continues a 2026 resurgence for Clark, who had already won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson earlier this season, closing with a 60 to finish at 30 under par. At Shinnecock he led from the first day to the last — and when the pressure finally arrived on Sunday, he answered it at exactly the right holes.