Shinnecock has lived up to expectations, getting the better of all but one golfer in the field at the U.S. Open. Wyndham Clark has a six-stroke lead heading int

The USGA set up a different course at Shinnecock Hills to handle strong wind Thursday. When the wind subsided later, Wyndham Clark seemed to play a different U.S. Open.

Whatever dread Wyndham Clark felt when he saw the tee times and the forecast for the U.S. Open gave way to hope Thursday, and he still hadn’t even arrived at Shinnecock Hills.