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Rickie Fowler is all class in his loss to Clark

Sans the glasses, it was that way again in his post-round press conference on Sunday at the 123rd U.S. Open. Fowler had every reason to feel gutted at Los Angeles Country Club. In bidding to win his first major, he shared the 54-hole lead with Wyndham Clark, but had the best (or worst?) view of the younger man and fellow Oklahoma State golfer—who copied Rickie’s putter!— lifting the trophy.

Fowler, 34, did crack, however, and the slightest of wetness in his eyes and waver in his voice came when he was asked what he said to Clark as they embraced on the 18th green.

“Just said, ‘Your mom was with you. She’d be very proud,’” offered Fowler, who was sensitive to the Clark's mother's death from breast cancer in 2013.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/USO...ham-clark-lacc