Wyndham Clark bizarrely using wooden coat hanger to warm up at British Open

The U.S.Open golf champion is busy preparing for the British Open — but quite unconventionally. Wyndham Clark, who narrowly won the U.S.

Open last month, used a wooden coat hanger on Monday as a training aid for the upcoming British Open. Clark held the item against his club grip with the hook parallel to the clubface, and he explained why he and his instructor Pat Coyner are using it. “Mondays are my technical days,” Clark told reporters.“You won’t see me doing a bunch of that stuff the rest of the week.

My swing’s gotten a little off.I kind of hit it kind of crappy, especially on Sunday — or just yesterday.” “Yeah, the coat hanger is for wrist angle, trying to get a little more inflection in my left wrist so I can square the face more.

… I get my wrist cupped and I’ve been trying to get it flatter.I feel like that’s the best way to do that.” Before hanging it up, Clark typically hits around 15 to 20 shots with the coat hanger. It remains a mystery whether he brought the hanger from home or borrowed one from his temporary England residence. Some people even took to X to share their thoughts on Clark’s wacky decision. “The Holiday Inn in Southport, England is down at least one hanger,” one user wrote. “Didn’t get enough attention for his slow pace of play over the weekend so he does this….,” another wrote. Despite how unconventional the training method may be, there’s still a solid chance it works — just look at Clark’s track record. After winning the U.S.

Open in June, he’s now won two majors and also has four PGA Tour wins. Clark’s official World Gold Ranking is 34th, though he’s been ranked as high as third in 2024. He begins British Open play Thursday alongside Cameron Young and Ludvig Aberg. And while it may be unlikely, don’t count out him having a coat hanger there. ...