Wyndham Clark has had plenty of moments during his golf career.
The Denver native was looking for one more Monday at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
"I just want my moment, one time," Clark said during The Bay Golf Club's matchup with Boston in TGL.
Then he got it.
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With the match tied on the 15th and final hole, Clark made a 10-foot eagle putt to give The Bay a 5-4 victory over Boston. The Bay is undefeated in the first-year indoor golf league. The league took center stage on President's Day with a tripleheader that provided drama that was much needed for the new product.
"That was your moment," teammate Ludvig Åberg said after Clark hit the putt.
Clark's Bay squad sits atop the TGL standings with six points.
Clark has had plenty of moments on the national stage during his rise on the PGA Tour. He beat Rory McIlroy by one shot to win the U.S. Open in 2023 at Los Angeles Country Club. He shot a course-record 60 in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The Valor Christian graduate was part of the Ryder Cup and President's Cup teams while being ranked in the top 10 in the world.
His amateur moments are also big. He won the CHSAA state title twice while at Valor. During his time at Oregon, he took home the Pac-12 title at Boulder Country Club in 2017.
But TGL has showed a side of Clark that fans don't see when he is playing out on the PGA Tour. The 31-year-old is very reserved on the course and a big part of his success on the tour has been attributed to his mental approach to the game.
Part of the appeal of the indoor golf league was to get golfers to show more emotion and more personality. Clark has done that.
"Wyndham is talking (expletive) whether he means to or not," Fried Egg's Brendan Porath said on their podcast. "Essentially he is commenting on every point."
"Wyndham is really good. He is the big winner of this," Fried Egg's Andy Johnson said on the podcast.
Embracing the concept of indoor golf was going to be one of the biggest hurdles of TGL. Would the players take it too seriously? While Clark and his teammates Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowery and Åberg look to be having fun out there, they are still trying to win.
"I wish I had this much fun on the golf course," Clark said. "When I come here, I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a little bit of the team aspect, the atmosphere, the light-heartedness. I feel like I can just be myself and have fun. I typically play well when I'm having fun and I'm loose. And I think that happens a lot in TGL. I would love if I could bring that to the real course."
The Bay, which has already clinched a playoff spot, and Clark will be back in front of the simulator Tuesday when it faces off with Jupiter Links and league co-founder Tiger Woods. On the PGA Tour, Clark will be off a couple weeks before playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 6-9. In 2024, Clark finished second there to Scottie Scheffler.
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What they're saying
"I think things are going to heal quickly. We're going to get this game going in the right direction. It's been heading in the wrong direction for a number of years and the fans want all of us to play together -- all the top players playing together -- and we're going to make that happen."
-- Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf coming together in the near future
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Skins game
Odds to win Mexico Open
Akshay Bhatia +1400
Ramus Hojgaard +1800
Kurt Kitayama +2000
Samuel Stevens +2200
Patrick Rodgers +2200
Taylor Moore +2500
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This week in golf
PGA Tour
MEXICO OPEN AT VIDANTAWORLD
Site: Vallarta, Mexico.
Course: Vallarta Vidanta. Yardage: 7,436. Par: 71.
Prize money: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf), 1-4 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Jake Knapp.
LPGA Tour
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HONDA LPGA THAILAND
Site: Chonburi, Thailand.
Course: Siam CC (Old). Yardage: 6,632. Par: 72.
Prize money: $1.7 million. Winner's share: $255,000.
Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Golf).
Defending champion: Patty Tavatanakit.
European Tour
MAGICAL KENYA OPEN
Site: Nairobi, Kenya.
Course: Muthaiga GC. Yardage: 7,208. Par: 71.
Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $416,667.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-8 a.m. (Golf); Saturday, 2:30-7 a.m. (Golf); Sunday, 2-7 a.m. (Golf).
Defending champion: Darius Van Driel.
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FedEx Cup standings
Points Money
1. Ludvig Aberg 978 $4,778,112
2. Hideki Matsuyama 909 $4,286,802
3. Sepp Straka 854 $2,736,038
4. Thomas Detry 843 $2,650,885
5. Nick Taylor 777 $2,517,264
6. Rory McIlroy 756 $3,870,714
7. Maverick McNealy 664 $3,114,102
8. Justin Thomas 594 $2,038,300
9. Harris English 553 $1,899,468
10. Scottie Scheffler 520 $1,804,197
11. Collin Morikawa 516 $2,702,714
12. Sungjae Im 502 $1,898,292
13. Patrick Cantlay 442 $1,467,400
14. Cameron Davis 440 $1,290,400
15. Shane Lowry 420 $2,242,000
16. Sam Stevens 411 $1,481,100
17. Tony Finau 408 $1,397,000
18. Lucas Glover 403 $1,366,088
19. Russell Henley 402 $1,169,525
20. Daniel Berger 402 $1,374,070
21. Patrick Rodgers 384 $1,397,703
22. Andrew Novak 380 $1,394,450
23. Denny McCarthy 372 $1,110,725
24. Taylor Pendrith 366 $1,323,132
25. Nicolas Echavarria 356 $1,208,050