{"id":589211,"date":"2026-05-17T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589211\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:14:12","slug":"wyndham-clark-american-golfing-star-smashes-ball-into-fans-as-cameraman-nearly-taken-out-in-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589211\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyndham Clark: American golfing star smashes ball into fans as cameraman nearly taken out in PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

American golfing star Wyndham Clark nearly hit fans at the PGA Championship, clipping his ball off the lens of a cameraman.<\/p>\n

The golfer hooked a recovery shot during his second round at Aronimink Golf Club, sending his ball straight into where the nearby spectators were standing.<\/p>\n

Fans could be heard checking on nearby spectators who were inches away from being clipped by Clark’s stray ball.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for those very nearby towards where the American was taking his shot, nobody was hit or hurt.<\/p>\n

\"Wyndham<\/p>\n

Wyndham Clark hit a camera with his rogue shot<\/p>\n

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Clark missed the cut by just one stroke, finishing his first couple of rounds on five-over-par.<\/p>\n

Several notable names missed the cut, including Tyrell Hatton, Bob MacIntyre and Tommy Fleetwood.<\/p>\n

Other big names eliminated include Victor Hovland, US Open champion JJ Spaun and Bryson DeChambeau, who struggled to find any form across his two rounds.<\/p>\n

Alex Smalley leads the way heading into the final round, with a two-shot advantage at the top.<\/p>\n

\"AlexAlex Smalley leads the way at six-under-par | REUTERS<\/p>\n

Ryder Cup stars Jon Rahm and Ludvig Aberg are gathered at the top of the leaderboard, along with Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n

A staggering 21 players are within four shots of his lead, with the field wide open for anyone to win the second major of the year.<\/p>\n

Heading into the final round, Smalley said: “Anybody who wants to play golf for a living dreams of winning on the PGA Tour when they’re younger.<\/p>\n

“I recognise that I have an opportunity to do that tomorrow. I recognise that it’s on a stage that’s a little bit larger than most other tour events.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Smalley noted the ‘opportunity’ he has ahead of his final round<\/p>\n

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“I’m trying to downplay that as much as I possibly can just to make it seem like any other golf tournament.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy, aiming to win back-to-back majors and his seventh overall, fought his way back into contention by shooting a 66, placing him just one stroke off the lead when he finished his round.<\/p>\n

Rahm credited the tournament for the “showmanship” on display with the tightly-packed group.<\/p>\n

He said of the course: “As hard as it is to play, the challenge can also be kind of fun if you do well.<\/p>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

Rahm credited the tournament for the ‘showmanship’ on display <\/p>\n

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“That’s probably the reason why the leaderboard is so bunched up, and it’s going to be such a good Sunday tomorrow. <\/p>\n

“So in that sense, showmanship-wise, they’ve done a great job.”<\/p>\n

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler remains in the chasing pack, saying ahead of the final round: “Going into tomorrow, it’s quite literally anybody’s tournament. There’s a lot of guys that have a chance.<\/p>\n

“Somebody is going to have a great round, and I’m going to make sure to do my best to give myself my the best shot at being the one who has a great round.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American golfing star Wyndham Clark nearly hit fans at the PGA Championship, clipping his ball off the lens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-589211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}