{"id":648407,"date":"2026-05-17T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648407\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:36:16","slug":"golf-fans-react-after-wyndham-clark-nearly-wipes-out-spectators-at-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648407\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf fans react after Wyndham Clark nearly wipes out spectators at PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golf fans have been left stunned after shocking footage has emerged of Wyndham Clark narrowly avoiding disaster during the second round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/us-pga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Championship<\/a> at Aronimink Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 U.S. Open champion found himself deep in the rough when a recovery shot flew dangerously close to a group of spectators and a cameraman lining the fairway.<\/p>\n<p>Video circulating on social media shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/wyndham-clark\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"9bafdb97-cda9-4a7b-8cc3-7ba8fb3e820d\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Wyndham Clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clark<\/a> hacking his ball from thick rough before it whistles between the heads of two people standing only yards away from the shot.<\/p>\n<p>While most fans agreed Clark was not to blame given the severity of the lie, the incident (watch below) quickly reignited debate around spectator safety and crowd positioning at professional golf tournaments.<\/p>\n<p> Show X Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>Golf Digest writer Christopher Powers posted on X: \u201cWyndham Clark almost caught a body at Aronimink. Not his fault. You absolutely get what you deserve if that\u2019s where you\u2019re gonna stand for that shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Another fan wrote: \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for the camera, Wyndham Clark may have taken someone out today at Aronimink. Mind-boggling that people choose to stand this close to players even when a ball is sitting on a perfect lie, let alone the horrendous one he had here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spectator who was standing beside the incident also shared his own footage online (watch below), captioning the clip: \u201cCame within inches of being whacked by a Wyndham Clark rough shot today at Aronimink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Show X Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>The frightening moment capped a frustrating week for Clark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After opening with a five-over-par 75, the 32-year-old American briefly fought back into contention with three birdies on the front nine during Friday\u2019s second round.<\/p>\n<p>However, a costly triple-bogey seven at the 11th all but ended his hopes of making the weekend, with Clark eventually missing the cut by a single shot on five-over par.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Clark was among several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/us-pga\/pga-championship-which-big-names-joined-bryson-dechambeau-missing-cut\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"af598477-7da1-4409-bd59-c03e896a4c53\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"PGA Championship: Which big names joined Bryson DeChambeau in missing the cut?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high-profile names to exit early<\/a> from golf\u2019s second major of the season, including Bryson DeChambeau, Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/andy-template-5.png\"   type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"Some huge names missed the cut \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Some huge names missed the cut<\/p>\n<p>  Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf fans have been left stunned after shocking footage has emerged of Wyndham Clark narrowly avoiding disaster during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-648407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}