What are you doing here? Wyndham Clark arrives in Mexico with brother on his bag

What’s driving a two-time U.S. Open winner to play a number of fall occasions? Why play in Japan and then Mexico during the sluggish season after such a busy and embellished 2026? When does too much journey influence a participant’s sport?

The line of questioning Wyndham Clark has been going through can be boiled down to the very easy — yet seemingly agnostic — chorus, “What are you doing here?”

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There’s a lot at stake for fairly a few quantity of gamers not named Wyndham Clark this week, so it’s seemingly a honest line of thought — and not one that’s meant to disqualify the Mexico Open as an occasion for main champions to contemplate in the future.

“Everyone’s asking me why I’m playing so much — I kind of like it keeps you sharp, doing some club testing. You know, the destinations that I’m playing at are pretty amazing,” the 32-year-old Clark instructed reporters in Vallarta on Wednesday. “Played in Japan, playing here in Mexico and then going to South Africa. They’re all beautiful, amazing destinations. You use it as a work week, but also a little bit of a vacation.”

Beside maintaining the sport sharp and touring, the No. 5-ranked participant in the world’s essential motivation this week will be the man standing proper beside him on every gap.

Clark’s brother, Brendan, will be carrying his bag this week with Clark’s full-time caddie David Pelekoudas in Italy for a pal’s wedding ceremony.

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It’s not the only wedding ceremony on deck. Brendan is getting hitched this fall, and massive brother would love to contribute.

“I would love to have a great week for my brother with his wedding coming up so I can give him a nice check to help pay for the wedding and honeymoon,” said Clark, who enters as the pretournament favourite after three wins in 2026 including his triumph at Shinnecock Hills.

“It’s fun for us — he lives in Kansas City, I live in Arizona,” Clark added . “We see each other good amount but not as much as we would like, so this will be a fun, special week.”

VidantaWorld Mexico Open – Rd 1

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The opening spherical of the VidantaWorld Mexico Open is underway at Vidanta Vallarta Golf Course in Vallarta, Mexico.

So far, the Clark brothers have taken their vital others to a Robbie Williams live performance and Cirque du Soleil.

“This place, I refer to it almost as Jurassic Park. It’s this amazing hotel, theme park, golf course, resort. It’s fantastic,” Wyndham said at his press convention.

Clark will play Thursday and Friday with in a featured group with Tom Kim, who he went against in the Presidents Cup at Medinah last month. The group also has reigning champion Brian Campbell.

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If the Clarks wants something to chat about with the 33-year-old Campbell and his caddie, then they can always decide for wedding ceremony planning if golf discuss falls short — Campbell and his fiancé are leaving Mexico for their own wedding ceremony next week.

Clark wasn’t in the area when Campbell won for the first-time in his Tour profession last February. The event has been moved to the fall season this yr after being performed earlier in the calendar, placing two Tour occasions south of the border in back to back weeks.

In 2022, Clark completed T-67 at this event. He improved a yr later, inserting T-24 at 10 under before skipping the 2024 and 2025 variations.

“I’ve been coming to Mexico for, gosh, 15 years as a family so I really enjoy this culture, the food and have played tons of good golf courses,” he said. “Hopefully we continue to come here and even expand the amount of times we come down here.”

VidantaWorld Mexico Open 2026: Round 1 tee occasions, groupings and how to watch

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The PGA Tour motion returns to Vidanta Vallarta this week. Here’s how to watch the motion Thursday and when some of the area’s marquee names will be going out.

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