After Wyndham Clark won the 2026 US Open for his second-career national championship, Clark celebrated with a bevy of people who he seemed legitimately surprised to see.
One of those people was his father, Randall, who took a cross-country red-eye flight to see his son capture another major championship.
"He's never been there to see me win," Wyndham said after winning at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Sunday by a shot over Sam Burns.
"Not only that, to finally have him there for a win is amazing, but especially on Father's Day. I know in '23 it was obviously a great Father's Day present for him, but I know he wanted to be there here in person.
"So for him to surprise me was amazing, and so I can't wait to spend more time with my dad tonight and celebrating this."
Clark credited the people around him for making this people.
"It's not just my win. It's my team," he said. "It's John Ellis, who helped get me here; it's Big Wave; it's my agent; it's my swing coaches, my trainers, and then obviously my family."
Clark had praise, too, for his mental coach and sports psychologist, Julie Elion, who has been hands-on in helping him deal with his anger and anxiety issues that he's been open with the last year. She was on the range on Sunday ahead of the round, trying to get Clark ready for a big moment.
"I think she kind of feels it out herself when she thinks maybe it's needed," he said. "You know, I'm good either way. I mean, sometimes it's nice just to be talking about nonsense while you're warming up so that you aren't too anxious before you go.
"Then there's some good key things she says before I go of, like, hey, remind me of your goals, remind me of our intention today, et cetera. You know, it's nice when she's there."
