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Wyndham Clark's BMW Championship victory confirmed a season-long rise from 46th in the world at the close of 2025 to fifth today, with one event remaining on his 2026 schedule. The ranking trajectory is the story.
What ran alongside it, and briefly competed with the leaderboard for attention, is that Emily Tanner announced she was leaving California to move in with Clark while the tournament was still in progress.
Clark's 2026 season already carried a U.S. Open title at Shinnecock before the BMW. Two wins at events of this weight in a single season is a different argument than one.
The case for Clark is that both results came at stops on the schedule that demand them, not weeks where the field softens.
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