Reigning U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark injured his again whereas figuring out at residence Monday, however he hopes to play on this week’s Texas Kids’s Houston Open, which begins Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course.
Clark, the fourth-ranked golfer on the earth, mentioned he was lifting weights and “obtained caught in a clumsy spot doing a carry and [his] again went.”
“It is not one thing that occurs frequently, nevertheless it occurred and you reside and also you be taught,” Clark mentioned. “I am trending in the fitting path. I am hitting it or feeling stronger and extra cellular on daily basis. I will give it my finest effort tomorrow and hopefully I can play and compete. If not, I’ve obtained to prepare for tournaments to return after this.”
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His harm comes about two weeks earlier than the beginning of the Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership, the primary main championship of the season.
Clark mentioned his crew of bodily therapists flew to Houston on Tuesday to assist him get well. He was in a position to play in a nine-hole pro-am on Wednesday.
“I used to be in fairly unhealthy form [Tuesday], however thankfully I’ve an awesome crew that has gotten me to have the ability to swing and hit,” Clark mentioned. “I used to be solely actually in a position to chip and putt, then I did a bunch of rehab and I used to be in a position to hit balls right this moment. So simply in a short while I’ve improved a ton and I feel I will be prepared for tomorrow.”
In his most up-to-date begin on the Gamers Championship, Clark misplaced to world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler by one stroke — after Clark’s putt on the 72nd gap cruelly lipped out.
It was Clark’s second straight runner-up end to Scheffler; he was 5 strokes behind on the Arnold Palmer Invitational every week earlier.
“I actually have not tried to observe it a lot, to be trustworthy,” Clark mentioned of the putt. “I’ve seen it a pair occasions. One time, I actually checked out it and I used to be like, ‘I nonetheless cannot imagine it did not go in.’
“Yeah, I do not actually wish to give attention to that as a unfavourable. I performed superior that week. I clutched up on the finish and hit actually good pictures on 16, 17 and 18. It is unlucky I did not make the putts on 16 and 18. All in all, it was a tremendous end. Historically, I have never performed nice at that golf course. To come back up simply brief actually was an enormous success.”
