Southampton, New YorkAP —
Wyndham Clark keeps leaving his mark on Shinnecock Hills. He finished off the lowest opening round in a US Open on this fearsome course Friday morning, and then he delivered two big birdie putts and set the 36-hole standard and build a four-shot lead going into the weekend.
With so much chaos and cringing around him, Clark played a steady hand — a far cry from where he was at the US Open last year when he missed the cut and smashed up a locker at storied Oakmont.
His last act was a 35-foot birdie putt down the slope on the 18th green that dropped for a 1-under 69. That put him at 7-under 133, one shot better than Phil Mickelson…