Wyndham Clark reflects on father's role in golf life | Live From the U.S. Open | Golf Channel

IT’S WYNDHAM CLARK AND RICKIE FOWLER. >> WHAT HAS RICKIE MEANT TO YOU? >> HONESTLY, RICKIE I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF BEST OKLAHOMA STATE ALUM. AS FAR AS, HE WAS SO INVOLVED WITH THE TEAM AND HE ALSO COMES BACK AND HE TALKED TO US MULTIPLE TIMES IN COLLEGE AND WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, HE IS ALWAYS SENDING NOTES OF GOOD PLAYING OR EVEN SOME TOURNAMENTS HE WOULD TELL ME, I THOUGHT THIS IS A BETTER PLAY TO PLAY OFF THE TEE, AND I THOUGHT ROOKIE IS A GREAT CLASS AND A COWBOY AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM

AS A FRIEND, AND AS FAR AS THE PUTTER, WE WERE PLAYING AT MEDALLIST WHERE HE BELONGS IN FLORIDA, AND I HADN’T BEEN PUTTING GOOD AND IN IS RIGHT BEFORE BAY HILL, AND I PLAY WITH RICKIE AND HE MADE EVERY SINGLE PUTT AND AFTER, WE WERE PRACTICING AND GETTING READY FOR IT AND I HIT A COUPLE, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, GOSH. IT’S REALLY NICE. SO I TEXTED THE ODYSSEY GUY AND I SAID, YOU CAN MAKE ME RICKIE’S PUTTER AND LITERALLY, I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PUTTER AND I JOKED WITH RICKIE. HE CHANGED THE GRIP AND

CUT IT AN INCH. TO I HAVE TO CHANGE THE GRIP AND CUT IT AN INCH. >> BACK RIGHT? >> HI,

WYNDHAM. TAKE US BACK TO HIS CHILDHOOD AS A YOUNG GOLFER. OUT THERE WITH YOUR BUDDIES AND FRIENDS, AND LINING ALL PUTT, DREAMING OF WINNING THE SPORT’S BIGGEST PRIZES. WHAT FOR YOU PERSONALLY — WHAT WAS THAT DREAM? >> I CAN REMEMBER A LOT OF TIMES, I GREW UP PLAYING AT CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND I WOULD BE OUT THERE PUTTING UNTIL DARK, AND YEAH, YOU DO THAT. YOU HAVE PUTTS JUST LIKE I DID ON 18 WHERE

HE CAN HALF SEE IT AND HALF CAN’T, AND NO ONE’S OUT THERE AND YOU ARE JUST CALLING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TOURNAMENT IT IS TO WIN AND I HAVE DONE IT MANY TIMES. IT’S SURREAL TO DO IT. OBVIOUSLY, IT’S A SATURDAY. IT’S A LITTLE SURREAL TO BE IN THIS SITUATION, AND HONESTLY, I’M EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW AND THE CHALLENGES IT WILL BRING, AND HOPEFULLY IT’S MY DAY. >> LEFT TO DYLAN? >> YOU ARE ALWAYS A BIG CLUB GUY? THAT ONE ON 18 WAS FEROCIOUS. >> YEAH, YOU’RE NOT THE FIRST TO SAY IT. I

DON’T TWIRL TOO OFTEN. I HAVEN’T HIT TOO MANY SHOTS ON FIRST FIVE HOLES. IT WAS A PERFECT NUMBER AND I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE AROUND NEAR THE CUP. SO YEAH, I TWIRLED IT. KIND OF IN THE MOMENT AND THE SHOCK WORKED OUT. I’M NOT THAT ONE THAT TWIRLS IT OFTEN. >> TOMORROW’S FATHER DAY. I WANT TO KNOW HOW BIG OF A ROLE YOUR DAD PLAYED GETTING YOU READY FOR A MOMENT LIKE TOMORROW? >> YEAH, MY DAD WAS THE ONE — MY MOM FIRST TOOK ME TO PLAY GOLF BUT MY DAD GOT ME INTO

GOLF. HE PICKED IT UP JUST A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO ME STARTING AT THE AGE OF 3, AND EVERY TIME I WOULD GO GOLF IT WAS WITH MY DAD. AND WE WOULD LOVE AND PLAY GOLF AND WE WOULD COME BACK BEFORE NOON. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY MY MOM WOULD LET US AND A TON OF MEMORIES. HE TOOK ME TO TOURNAMENTS. MY DAD PLAYED PROFESSIONAL TENNIS. HE IS AN ATHLETE. HE GETS IT. HE INSTILLS HARD WORK AND DISCIPLINE, AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF FIERINESS FROM HIM, SO HE HAS GIVEN ME A

LOT. MY DAD IS A BIG REASON WHY I’M OUT HERE. SO HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WILL CAN A GREAT FATHER’S DAY FOR HIM. >> FRONT RIGHT? >> YOU MENTIONED THE DARKNESS. WHEN DID THAT START AFFECTING YOU GUYS? AND WOULD YOU LIKE SEE EARLIER TEE TIMES SO IT DOESN’T IMPACT SUNDAY? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT’S A LITTLE RIDICULOUS THAT WE TEED OFF THAT LATE. I WOULD SAY HOLE 15 OR 16, IT STARTED GETTING WHERE YOU CAN’T SEE THAT WELL. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY WE PLAYED OFF — WE PLAYED TWILIGHT GOLF. THE END, THE LAST TWO HOLES, I 100%

THINK MY BOGEY ON 17 WAS BECAUSE HE COULDN’T SEE, AND RICKIE WAS BECAUSE HE COULDN’T SEE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO OFF AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS EARLIER. IF WE HAD A PLAYOFF TOMORROW, WE COULDN’T BE ABLE TO DO IT. IT WAS DARK. AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE. 17, IT LITERALLY COULDN’T SEEP IT AND WE WE PLAYED OFF FEEL, AND 18, SAME THING. JON IS LIKE, IT’S AROUND HERE. MAKE SURE YOU HIT IT SOFT. WE NEED A TAP-IN COMING IN. SO IT’S TOUGH AND CRAZY TO THINK WE ARE DOING IT

ON THE LAST TWO HOLES ON OF A MAJOR WHEN