Wyndham Clark returns to the scene of his unforgettable Pebble Beach record this week as he looks to defend his AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title.
Clark has been enjoying TGL in recent times, but the 2023 US Open champion now turns his focus back to the PGA Tour.
He fired a course-record third-round 60 at Pebble Beach last time out, with Clark finishing on 17-under to clinch the title.
The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am final round was cancelled in 2024 due to severe storms, meaning the American had done enough on the Saturday to clinch his third PGA Tour title.
Clark was the slowest player on TGL opening night, but the American firmly believes he is a fast player, at a time when pace of play is becoming increasingly talked about.
Wyndham Clark wants PGA Tour to introduce ‘awesome recaps’ on YouTube
It is just one area of golf that has dominated the PGA Tour in recent times, with Clark now sharing his thoughts on the issue and indeed other problems that he thinks need to be tackled.
Asked in his pre-tournament press conference what golf can do after Major League Baseball introduced concepts like bigger bases and a pitch clock, he replied: “There’s a few things. I think if I’m being honest, I think the way people view golf on TV I think needs to be adjusted.
“I think every sport, including baseball, is a great example, has adjusted with the times and I feel like golf has stayed in its same lane for a long time.
“So I think it would be awesome if they showed more golf shots, if maybe they showed awesome recaps and put them on YouTube after like Good Good does.
“If they maybe had in-game interviews, maybe if we were mic’d up and you could hear the caddie interactions. There’s a lot of things. Maybe if there was a shot clock. The crazy thing about TGL is 40 seconds actually is a long time in TGL.
“There are multiple times where I get my club and I’m looking at the monitor on TGL how far I need to hit it, I’m taking my time, setting up the screen how I want, it feels like it’s been forever, it’s only been 15 seconds.
“Then I get to my ball and I look and I go man, I still have 20-some seconds left. That’s a lot of time to hit a golf shot. It’s amazing how 40 seconds is a long time. I wouldn’t be opposed to a shot clock, I’m a fast player.
“I would love if the Tour did forward-thinking instead of some reactive thinking and said, you know what, let’s try to be the best we can in the next 10, 20 years and let’s do something unique and new and try to really bring that fan engagement back to professional golf.”
Wyndham Clark ‘ultimately’ wants what is best for PGA Tour and for golf
Clark has certainly been able to show up at the big events, with his first two PGA Tour titles having coming at the Wells Fargo Championship and US Open in 2023.
Moreover, he beat plenty of big hitters to emerge victorious, edging past Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy respectively at those two tournaments.
A one-shot victory over Ludvig Aberg was then secured at the Signature Event at Pebble Beach this time last year, with his 12-under 60 including two eagles and nine birdies.
Back to the off-course issues, however, and Clark also shared his stance on money, having been asked in his press conference for a compromise regarding network rights fees and advertising in broadcasts.
“That’s a great question,” he replied. “Like I said, I am a golfer. I don’t know all the numbers and that’s something that I wish maybe there was some transparency on why we have our broadcasts that way and what we could do that would make it better.
“I don’t have an answer for you on that. That’s obviously what the PAC and the people that are making the decisions, they’re the ones that are going to do that.
“Yeah, I mean, I would love to sit down and see it and then understand it better. I’m just looking at it from people that talk to me that are my friends that love and consume golf, people that are not really into golf saying I would never get into it because of X, Y and Z and then when I watch it, what I see.
“So I’m just coming from it by that standpoint. I don’t know all the numbers. Yeah, I would love to look at it and I would love to figure out how to solve it.
“If that’s some people giving up some things, if that’s the players giving up some, if that’s the Tour, if that’s the broadcast, if we all come together and collectively say what’s the best thing for golf, I think the people are at that point with all of this thing, what’s the best thing for golf, how do we continue to make the sport we love the best and the broadcast the best and that’s ultimately what I want.”
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