Tournament favourite Wyndham Clark WDs from Wyndham Championship

Former US Open champion Wyndham Clark has become the first high-profile withdrawal from this week's PGA Tour event. 

Clark entered the field for the Wyndham Championship last Friday but withdrew 24 hours later without giving a reason. 

His withdrawal is likely down to the fact the golfer has now secured his spot in the postseason following a three-week stretch that saw him jump from 77th to 48th in the FedEx Cup standings. 

Only the top 70 players in the standings at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship get spot in the field at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. 

The field is cut to 50 for the BMW Championship a week later, with only the top 30 teeing it up at the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake. 

Clark made a surge up the rankings with good performances at the Scottish Open at The Open. He backed up a T11 finish at The Renaissance Club with a T4 at Royal Portrush. 

The 31-year-old isn't the only player to withdraw from the Wyndham Championship. 

Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas and Canada's Mackenzie Hughes have also decided to give it a miss and have been replaced in the field by Thomas Rosenmueller and Braden Thornberry. 

The 2025 Wyndham Championship gets underway on Thursday. 

Matthew Fitzpatrick, Keegan Bradley, Ben Griffin and Aaron Rai are among the tournament favourites.

Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Lucas Glover, Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia and Harry Hall are also in the field. 

Wyndham Clark sorry for 'awful behaviour'

Clark will undoubtedly be encouraged by his recent form given the 2025 Ryder Cup is on the horizon. 

The US golfer is still hopeful of a captain's pick from the aforementioned Bradley. 

However, Clark's behaviour has been making headlines again. 

Clark damaged the locker room at Oakmont after he missed the cut at the 2025 US Open. 

It emerged before The Open at Royal Portrush that a decision was made to ban the golfer from Oakmont entirely. 

Oakmont will consider letting Clark back providing he makes a donation to charity, pays for the damage and attends anger management or counselling sessions. 

Clark spoke about the situation in Northern Ireland: "I did something awful, and I'm really sorry for it.

"Hopefully, they have it in their heart to forgive me, and maybe in the future I'll be able to play there. It's a fantastic course and place. But that's up to them."

He added: "I feel terrible about what happened. I'm doing anything I can to try to remedy the situation.

"Obviously it's a no-brainer to pay for the damages. That was a given. Then the apologies, and I want to give back to the community because I hurt a great place in Pittsburgh.

"I wanted to do anything I can to show them that what happened there was not a reflection of who I am and won't happen again. I want to show them who I really am."