Former Colorado resident Wyndham Clark posted his best finish as a pro on Sunday by placing second in the Web.com Tour’s United Leasing & Finance Championship in Newburgh, Ind.
Clark, a former University of Oregon golfer who won a Pac-12 Conference individual title a year ago in Boulder, ended up one stroke behind champion Jose de Jesus Rodriguez of Mexico in Indiana. Rodriguez bogeyed the final hole after being in a greenside bunker, but made a 1-foot putt to secure the victory.
Facing one of the toughest tests of the season on the Web.com Tour, Clark (pictured) went 70-69-77-67 for a 5-under-par 283 total. Most notably, he played a spectacular final nine holes on Sunday, shooting a 6-under-par 30. That included an eagle on the par-4 14th hole to go along with four birdies.
The 24-year-old Denver native has now recorded two top-four finishes this year on the Web.com Tour, with the other being a share of fourth place at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in January.
With a $64,800 payday on Sunday, Clark jumped up to No. 15 on the 2018 Web.com Tour money list, with $95,691.
Clark has also played in eight PGA Tour events over the last year, finishing as high as 17th.
Another Top-10 on PGA Tour for Laird: Former Colorado State University golfer Martin Laird notched his fourth top-11 finish of the 2017-18 PGA Tour season on Sunday by pairing with Russell Knox to place a season-best seventh in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event.
Laird and Knox went 64-73-63-71 for a 17-under-par 271 in the Zurich event, which utilizes both four-ball and foursomes stroke-play formats. They finished five behind winners Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy.
Prior to Sunday, Laird’s best finishes of the PGA Tour season had been back-to-back ninth-place showings in February.
Former Buff Heisele Fourth on European Challenge Tour: On the European Challenge Tour, former University of Colorado golfer Sebastian Heisele tied for fourth place Sunday in the Turkish Airlines Challenge in Belek, Antalya, Turkey.
Heisele, who plays primarily on the European Tour, carded scores of 68-68-70-69 for a 13-under-par 275 total. The German finished five strokes behind winner Joachim Hansen of Denmark and earned $8,400 euros.
