Wyndham Clark jeered after USA taunt at Canadian | Golf News

The ongoing FIFA World Cup continues to spotlight both worldwide camaraderie and rivalry, and USA PGA Tour standout Wyndham Clark delivered a masterclass in silent trolling of Canadian golf followers during the RBC Canadian Open.

Clark absolutely embraced his Team USA delight during the third spherical at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, driving high after the United States’ 4-1 victory over Paraguay in their opening World Cup match as a North American host nation. Canada, meanwhile, had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Bosnia at Toronto Stadium after clawing back from a deficit with a 77th-minute equalizer.

The former U.S. Open champion made his assertion at the 14th gap, stepping out in a Team USA Jack Hughes Olympic hockey jersey. The Canadian crowd erupted in boos, immediately recognizing the pointed reference Clark was making in hostile territory.

The jersey choice carried appreciable significance, as Hughes cemented his standing as an American hockey icon after netting the extra time winner against Canada in the gold-medal sport at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

The purpose sealed a dramatic 2-1 triumph for Team USA, delivering the nation’s first Olympic males’s hockey gold medal in 46 years. Hughes famously battled through the sport after shedding two entrance tooth from a high stick before finally scoring the celebrated “Golden Goal.”

The USA Women’s National Team also triumphed over Canada 2-1 in sudden-death extra time to declare its third Olympic gold medal.

Both squads acquired White House invites to commemorate the accomplishment, with the lads’s workforce accepting and the ladies’s workforce declining the invitation.

Clark engaged the spectators before sinking a birdie putt and gestured toward the group after the ball dropped, producing even louder reactions from the opposing followers.

He posted a 63 to match Bud Cauley’s second-round efficiency as the match’s lowest rating. World-ranked 167 Jackson Suber held the top place on the leaderboard as 24 of the sphere’s 75 rivals accomplished their rounds.

The official PGA Tour social media accounts highlighted the audacious transfer, reposting the second with the caption, “If you walk into the rink hole wearing a USA jersey, you better walk away with a birdie.”

Clark subsequently revealed a frantic, last-minute effort to receive a Hughes jersey, admitting the one he wore wasn’t initially his. He purchased the jersey from a spectator, planning to return it by mail after carrying it.

“Obviously I got a ton of boos. I was doing it to celebrate Team USA’s win against Canada. Nothing against them, I just thought it would be fun in hockey country.”