The champion they didn’t want: inside Wyndham Clark’s lonely US Open coronation

The major winner has rebuilt both his swing and confidence and learned to function without the approval of the massesOn the evening before he won the US Open for a second time in four years, Wyndham Clark marched up the 18th fairway at Shinnecock Hills to put the finishing touches on a third round that would leave him six shots clear of the field. He had spent the past three days patiently defanging one of the crown…