Wyndham Clark pulled away from Xander Schauffele to earn his first PGA Tour victory and a $3.6 million check at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday, May 7, in Charlotte, N.C.
At a star-packed “designated event” with a purse of $20 million, the 80th-ranked golfer in the world played his best golf over the weekend to break away from the field, following Saturday’s round of 63 with a 3–under 68.
With a 19–under 265 at Quail Hollow, he finished four shots clear of Schauffele, the world No. 5.
Clark had never won in his first 133 events on the PGA Tour dating to 2019.
“It’s been a long five years to get to this point on tour,” Clark said on the CBS broadcast. “I thought I would have had one earlier, but it was well worth the wait and I’m so, so grateful.”…