[Photo: Stacy Revere]
If Wyndham Clark and Si Woo Kim’s final nine at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson were a boxing match, it would go down as an instant classic. The pair traded the golf equivalent of body blows, with the lead seesawing between them until Clark grabbed it for good with a birdie at the par-4 14th, then dropped a 45-foot bomb at the next, providing the winning margin before Clark unleashed a closing flurry.
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The fun started with Clark birdieing the 11th to tie for the lead and Kim responding on the same hole. At the par-5 12th Clark hit a 4-iron from 246 yards to 16 feet and dropped the eagle putt to go from one behind to one in front. Kim responded with a birdie to tie before Clark’s back-to-back birdies provided separation.
The long and short end of the bag fueled Clark’s win—his first since the weather-shortened 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Off the tee, Clark ranked sixth in strokes gained/off the tee with his 10.5-degree TaylorMade Qi4D with a Project X Titan Yellow 60TX shaft.
It was on the greens, however, where Clark surprisingly shone. Coming into the event ranked 132nd in strokes gained/putting (and in negative territory to boot), the 2023 U.S. Open champ was a terror with his Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset mallet putter, a club he put in play at the Masters after going through multiple putters in the first few months of the season. Clark’s putter has several strips of lead tape on the bottom of the sole to counterbalance the weight of his long, oversize Superstroke Revl Mid F/C grip. The 38-inch putter has 3 degrees of loft, 20-degree lie angle and an estimated head weight of 400 grams.
The numbers were eye-popping: 13 putts made over 10 feet for the week; first in strokes gained/putting, picking up 12.565 shots on the field; first in feet of putts made at 112 per round, including 158 feet in the final round, and first in putts per green in regulation.
On Sunday, that produced an 11-under-par 60, a final-nine 28 and a knockout blow resulting in a fourth PGA Tour title.
What Wyndham Clark had in the bag at the 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D (Project X Titan Yellow 60 TX), 10.5 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D Tour, 15 degrees
5-wood: Ping G440 Max, 17 degrees
Irons (4-5): Titleist T200; (6-9): Titleist T100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM11 (44, 50, 54 degrees); Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (60 degrees)
Putter: Ping Scottsdale Tec Ally Blue Onset