Inside Wyndham Clark's U.S. Open-Winning Range Session

Wyndham Clark has entered rare company. With a second U.S. Open title, he joins a short list of players who have won America's national championship multiple times, including modern stars Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau.

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What happened at Shinnecock wasn't a one-week heater. Clark arrived on Long Island playing some of the best golf of his career. Over his last four starts, Clark's worst finish was a tie for 11th last week at RBC. During that stretch, he collected two victories (U.S. Open & THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson) and a solo third-place finish at the Memorial Tournament.

His ball striking had struggled up until then. However, after partnering with new swing coach Patrick Coyner, the two got to work addressing several issues that had crept into his swing. Coyner noted that Clark's backswing had become too long, with the club moving well past parallel at the top. At the same time, his lead wrist was becoming excessively extended, or "cupped," leaving the clubface open. Together, those positions created a steep angle of attack in the downswing.

Clark began backing out of the shot in an effort to shallow the club. The result was a two-way miss—the kiss of death for any elite ball-striker.

To counteract this, Wyndham has been working on getting wider in his backswing with a better wrist structure. Like any meaningful swing change, it doesn't happen overnight. It takes countless reps on the range with exaggerated feels, usually with the help of some sort of training aid or tool. This was especially evident in Wyndham’s warm-ups throughout the week.

And the results showed up exactly where they needed to. At Shinnecock, Clark looked far more in control of his golf swing than he had earlier in the season. The two-way miss that had crept into his game was largely absent, and under the pressure of a U.S. Open setup, he repeatedly trusted the same controlled fade that carried him to victory.

Let's take a look at some of the training aids and drills he used on the range that helped carry him to his second U.S. Open title in three years.

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ProSendr Widener

The newest creation from Sean Foley and David Woods, who are responsible for the widely popular ProSendr (more on this in a bit). The Widener does exactly what the name suggests: it helps promote width in the swing.

For Wyndham, that’s exactly what the doctor ordered.

Maintaining width in the backswing helps prevent the club from getting trapped behind him and promotes a shallower, more efficient transition. It also does wonders for low-point control, or controlling where the club bottoms out.

When players get steep in transition, fat and thin shots become much more likely. Maintaining width creates a more predictable swing arc, which ultimately leads to more consistent contact.

ProSendr

Along with the Widener, Clark still relies heavily on the OG training aid from Foley and Woods. When it launched, the ProSendr quickly became one of the best selling training aids on the market, and for good reason. Like Clark, I struggle with poor wrist structure during my backswing. The ProSENDR provides immediate feedback when your hands and wrists aren't moving efficiently. One of the key benefits listed on the company's website is that it "prevents wrist run-off by regulating radial deviation at the top of the swing." That's almost a word-for-word description of the issue Coyner identified in Clark's swing.

Alignment Stick Through the Belt Loops

When using the ProSendr, Wyndham also incorporates one of my favorite homemade training aids. He simply threads an alignment stick through his front belt loops.

As simple as it looks, this drill accomplishes many of the same goals as the Widener. It encourages a wider, more on-plane hand path during the backswing. If your hands get pulled too far inside, you'll receive immediate feedback..

On top of this, it also helps with proper sequencing in the downswing. Having this physical barrier forces you to keep the club in front of you in the downswing. If not, you will again be met with immediate feedback.

This is just me speculating, but I believe he does this to make sure he doesn't overcorrect and become “too” shallow in the downswing. While his recent work has focused heavily on reducing steepness, there’s always a danger of going too far the other direction and getting stuck.

Main takeaways

One of my favorite things to do when I am on the grounds at a tournament is to watch a golfer run through their warmups. This is truly where the best separate themselves from the rest.

Wyndham's victory wasn't built on magic, it was built on identifying what had gone wrong, creating a plan to fix it and committing to that plan every single day.That's what stood out most watching his warm-ups at Shinnecock. Every movement had a purpose, nothing was random. By Sunday evening, those reps had paid off. The same player who had been searching for answers with his ball-striking earlier this season was once again holding the U.S. Open trophy.

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