In the city of stars, Wyndham Clark had his own script in mind in the U.S. Open.
In front of him was Rory McIlroy, one of golf's biggest talents who looked ready to end his perplexing nine-year drought in the majors. Next to him in the final group Sunday was Rickie Fowler, a Southern California native who returned from a three-year slump and was poised to finally win his first major.
Clark carried a message from his late mother — “Play big,” she always told him — and the belief he could compete with anyone on any stage.
