😤 Wyndham Clark Looked At 40,000 American Golf Fans And Said “Meh”
Wyndham Clark — a man who has had a complicated relationship with public opinion since roughly the 2023 US Open — has now officially escalated things. After Day 1 at Medinah, Clark told reporters the crowd was “kind of dead out there,” apparently forgetting that (a) he is on the American TEAM, (b) Presidents Cup crowds are historically polite because it’s Presidents Cup, and (c) publicly criticizing the fans you’re playing in front of is a fascinating strategic choice. (source)
Here’s the thing though — he’s not entirely wrong?? Presidents Cup crowds have always had a very “golf clap in a library” energy compared to the Ryder Cup. The event lives in a weird middle zone between exhibition and real stakes, and American fans know it. Chicago isn’t going full Brookline 2023 for a competition where the outcome has been pre-decided since approximately 2018. But saying it out loud, as a member of the US team, to journalists, DURING the event?? That’s a social skill issue.
What makes this so perfectly Wyndham Clark is that this isn’t his first rodeo with fan beef. This man has been booed, criticized online, and treated as a divisive figure for years, and his response is apparently to just… criticize the fans back. Respect the commitment. At this point Wyndham Clark and American golf fans are in a long-term situationship where neither party is happy but neither will leave.
The Presidents Cup does need better atmosphere. But the person to fix it probably isn’t the one making headlines for calling the crowd dead WHILE the event is happening. Medinah deserved better. We all deserved better.
🎤 We Now Know Why Tosti’s Caddie Cliff Ellis Quit (There’s Audio)
There is audio. It is apparently not great. The r/golf thread is exactly as chaotic as you’d expect, and we’re choosing to let it speak for itself. (source)
🎬 Anthony Kim Is Finally Going To Talk About It
A documentary covering Anthony Kim’s TWELVE-YEAR disappearance from professional golf — and his return through LIV — is officially in development. (source)
This is one of those stories golf has wanted answered for over a decade. Kim was legitimately one of the most exciting players in the world before he vanished, and the silence around his absence has always felt total. No leaks. No whispers. Just gone.
The LIV framing is doing some obvious work here — a redemption doc that also functions as positive press for the league is a clean two-for-one. But honestly, if the answers are real, it doesn’t matter who’s bankrolling it. The story is worth telling. We just hope it’s not a 47-minute recruitment video with sad piano music over slow-motion iron shots.
🏆 Someone Aced A Closest-To-The-Pin Hole And Was Told It Doesn’t Count Because The Ball Isn’t Near The Pin Anymore
The tournament director ruled that a hole-in-one doesn’t qualify for closest to the pin because, technically, the ball is in the hole — not beside it — and somewhere a philosophy professor is filing a noise complaint. (source)
🇺🇸 Brandt Snedeker Is Playing 4D Chess At Medinah And It’s Actually Worth Your Attention
Snedeker’s pairing and rotation decisions this week have a clear pattern: he’s using the Presidents Cup to audition partnerships and scenarios that could matter at the 2027 Ryder Cup. Nobody’s saying it officially (narrator: everyone knows it), but the logic is right there on the pairings sheet. (source)
Genuine take: this is smart, and it’s something the US has historically been terrible at. American Ryder Cup captains have treated preparation like something you do in the two weeks before the event starts. Using a Presidents Cup — lower stakes, flexible format, real matchplay reps — as a genuine laboratory for team chemistry? That’s actually the correct move, and it’s overdue.
The concern isn’t the strategy, it’s whether it translates. The Ryder Cup has specific home-and-away dynamics, different crowd energy, and a European team that has spent years building institutional knowledge around team culture. What Snedeker learns at Medinah may or may not map onto wherever 2027 lands. But “intentional preparation” beats “vibes-based captain’s picks” every single time, and we’re here for it.
⚡ Golf.com Needs You To Know There’s A SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT Discount On A Shaft Right Now
The Mitsubishi TENSEI is a good shaft and 72% off sounds insane until you remember that golf equipment is priced like a ransom note under normal market conditions, so this is just… retail. (source)
💧 MyGolfSpy Tested Every 2026 Wedge In Wet Conditions And Only ONE Held Its Spin
MyGolfSpy’s 2026 Most Wanted wedge test found that in dry conditions, spin across all tested wedges was nearly identical — clustered between 6,729 and 7,217 rpm, which is basically a rounding error. The real test? Wet conditions, where most wedges completely fell apart and only ONE kept anything close to its rated spin numbers. (source)
The gear industry has spent years selling you groove technology, proprietary face textures, and micro-milled surfaces. The data says: works fine when dry, which is when you need it least. Stops working in the rain, which is when you actually need it. We’re cooked.
To be fair — this is exactly the kind of testing nobody else bothers to do, and it’s genuinely useful. The real question is whether it changes anyone’s purchasing behavior, or whether golfers keep buying wedges based on which one a Tour pro (who plays in perfect conditions with fresh grooves every TWO WEEKS) is photographed holding.
💀 S.H. Kim. Buddy. We Are So Sorry.
The thread called it one of the unluckiest breaks in golf history and based on the clip alone there is genuinely no counterargument available. (source)
Wyndham Clark vs. American Fans is now officially a storyline we’re carrying into the Ryder Cup build-up. Someone get that man a hype crowd — or just let him caddie for someone who doesn’t mind the quiet. See you next week.
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