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They cheered his misses and sang to the other guy, but Wyndham Clark won the 2026 U.S. Open anyway. He held off Sam Burns by one stroke at Shinnecock Hills for his second U.S. Open title. Technically, he went wire-to-wire, with a gallery rooting against him pretty much until the final holes on Sunday evening.
Scottie Scheffler, who was serenaded the whole final round with Happy Birthday, could not turn his 30th birthday into a career Grand Slam. The amateurs stole a few moments and most of the favorites faded.
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Here are the winners and losers from Shinnecock.
Winners
Wyndham Clark: He won the U.S. Open as the man the whole place was rooting against. Clark closed with a 3-over 73 and held off Sam Burns by just one shot for his second U.S. Open title. He ground it out. With the lead down to one, he yanked his drive into the fescue at the par-5 16th, hacked out, then drained a 24-foot downhill putt for the birdie that put it away.
“New York didn’t really like me,” he said. “I love you guys.”
Sam Burns: He started the day seven back and even par for the week, then made a final round a fight with birdies on three of his first five. He dropped a 17-footer on the 16th to pull within one, but the putts would not fall down the stretch. He pushed a birdie try wide at No. 17 and watched another slide past on 18. He posted 3-under and then had to sit and watch Clark close it out.
Tom Kim: Nobody had him finishing in the top five, but there he was on Sunday. It was his first top-five finish in official PGA Tour competition since the 2023 Travelers, where he lost a playoff to Scheffler. He gave himself a chance and went for broke at the end, firing at the 18th for the eagle he needed to match Burns only to watch the ball settle 6 feet short.
Jackson Koivun: In his last round as an amateur, Koivun shot 2-under 68, the best round by any amateur posted Sunday. He finished 5 over and tied for 32nd, two clear of playing partner Miles Russell. The world’s top-ranked amateur turns pro now, with his professional debut set for the John Deere Classic in early July.
Ryder Cowan: Cowan, 21, fought through a playoff just to reach Shinnecock, then led the amateurs wire to wire behind a record-tying opening day 68. A closing 73 let Jackson Koivun tie him at 5 over to share low amateur honors. Still, Cowan finished a shot ahead of Rory McIlroy.
Miles Russell: He won a lot of fans over with a touching gift to his dad on Father’s Day. Russell, the second youngest player to make a U.S. Open cut since World War II, had his dad slip inside the ropes, take his bag and caddie for him on the final hole. It was a sweet moment, but what should be remembered is that a 17-year-old was there on Sunday.
Ludvig Åberg: He may not have won his first major, but Åberg takes momentum out of this weekend. He matched the lowest score of the day with a 4-under 66 to finish at 3 over, a tie for 17th. A birdie-less Friday had knocked Åberg out of contention, but he can take that final-round 66 into next month’s British Open.
Losers
Bryson DeChambeau: He came to Shinnecock as a two-time U.S. Open champion and left having missed his third straight major cut. Royal Birkdale is next month, and a missed cut there would complete the humiliating feat of missing out on all four majors.
Jon Rahm: He was the only man in the field to go bogey-free in the first round. Then, he shot 78 on Friday, drop-kicked his driver and went home. The 68-78 split was the ugliest of the weekend.
Brooks Koepka: The last man to lift the trophy at Shinnecock after winning on the course in 2018, Koepka didn’t play like he was happy to be back. He made six bogeys on the front nine Friday on his way to a 10-over 77.
Patrick Cantlay: This was his fourth missed cut in his last six majors. He needed a birdie at the last to play the weekend and three-putted instead, finishing 6 over.
Adam Scott: This one is bittersweet. Scott made his 100th consecutive major start at Shinnecock, a streak only Jack Nicklaus has ever reached. He shot 73-75 and missed the cut.
Rickie Fowler: For the third straight year, Fowler watched the weekend at the U.S. Open from home. Five bogeys in his final 12 holes Friday did him in.
Rory McIlroy: He played the weekend, but not well. He closed his third round with five bogeys and then opened Sunday with three more.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: U.S. Open 2026 winners and losers include Clark, Scheffler, Burns and Kim