“Every time I’d go golf at a young age was with my dad… There’s a ton of memories. And then he took me to tournaments.” These were Wyndham Clark’s words after winning the 2023 U.S. Open. He was talking about his early days in Colorado, which laid the foundation of his LACC glory. Little did he know that other Colorado natives would testify to his stories more than a year later.

Erik Anders Lang was just driving Paige Spiranac in a golf cart. The Golf Mommy and the founder of Random Golf Club were playing together in the Pete Dye layout at French Lick. While talking about her early life, Spiranac revealed she played junior golf with the former U.S. Open winner. 

The celebrity golf influencer revealed that his father, Randall Clark, used to drop him off at junior tournaments. That too in his most prized Bentley. “He used to show up at junior golf tournaments in his dad’s Bentley.” Spiranac just casually dropped it while walking up the green. “No way, that’s… that’s rough,” Lang joked.

In the wake of his 2023 U.S. Open victory, Spiranac first revealed her Colorado connection with Clark after his 2023 U.S. Open victory. Clark was part of Valor Christian’s 2011 roster. The future major winner enrolled at Oklahoma State University but later shifted to the University of Oregon.

The latest revelation about Clark’s father only solidifies what the PGA Tour pro himself said. The 30-year-old has credited his father with shaping his career. “My dad is a big reason why I’m out here,” Clark said last year from LACC. Later on, the three-time PGA Tour winner detailed how his father used to motivate him in his junior golf days.

Wyndham Clark is who he is because of his father.

Clark’s father, Randall, signed him up as a member of the Cherry Hills Country Club when he was just nine. That’s when he fell in love with the game and started dreaming of becoming a pro. Randall fueled his son’s desire. “At dinner, he’d ask, ‘How’d you get better today?’ and I learned to always have an answer,” Wyndham Clark later told Golf Digest in an interview.

Being an athlete, Randall knew that without the grind, talent wouldn’t take him anywhere. Randall was in real estate, but before that, he was an aspiring tennis professional. Injuries sidelined his career at tennis, but Randall envisioned a different future for his son. Clark’s journey wasn’t as smooth sailing as he perhaps wanted it to be. After years of struggling with anxiety, Clark is now a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.