U.S. Open Heckling Escalates

Clark directly addressed the hostility, saying, “I’ve gotten a lot of grief since last year, rightfully so… I’m hoping I can win back the fans that I had or some new fans because it was a terrible incident,” tying the heckling to unresolved fallout from the prior year.

Reporting connected the latest animosity to Clark’s temper issues beyond crowd banter—after he missed the cut, he “smashed a locker in the clubhouse,” creating a target for “galleries with long memories.”

The jeering included reaction to specific shots and moments, not just isolated chants: after Clark’s approach on the 6th trickled off the putting surface, “fans started to clap,” and then, on the next holes, the broadcast captured the crowd’s audible heckling—NBC’s Kevin Kisner noted, “You can really hear that crowd in the background.”