Clark wins the battle at Shinnecock, but the war moves to Birkdale

Wyndham Clark’s wire-to-wire US Open victory was a masterclass in grinding out a major under fire, yet the week that matters most to British golf fans is still to come, and Rory McIlroy arrives at Royal Birkdale carrying unfinished business from Long Island. There were moments across the four days at Shinnecock Hills when it genuinely felt as though the 2026 US Open might slip away from Wyndham Clark. The Long Island crowd had decided, loudly, that it would prefer […]