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Oregon alum Wyndham Clark named to Olympic golf team

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2 years ago

June 19, 2024

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Oregon alum Wyndham Clark named to Olympic golf team

by: Isaac Streeter/Portland Tribune

Posted: Jun 18, 2024 / 08:14 PM PDT

Updated: Jun 18, 2024 / 08:15 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Former Oregon golfer Wyndham Clark was named to the USA golf team roster ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Tuesday.

While Olympians and Oregon have gone hand-in-hand historically, Clark becomes the first in the school’s 151-year history to earn their Olympic rings as a golfer.

Clark, currently ranked the No. 5 men’s golfer in the world, is joined by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 3 Xander Schauffele, and No. 7 Collin Morikawa. Schauffele and Morikawa both represented the USA in the 2020 Tokyo Games, while Scheffler and Clark will both be making their debuts.

Clark competed for Oregon in 2016 and 2017 after transferring to the university from Oklahoma State after three years. As a Duck, Clark was named All-Pac-12 First Team, Pac-12 Player of the Year, a 2017 Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year semifinalist and a 2017 Ben Hogan Award Finalist.

Clark finished third on the 2023 PGA Tour, winning the U.S. Open for his first ever major win. Since then, he’s added a win in the 2024 Pebble Beach Pro-Am as well as runner-up finishes in the Players Championship.

Augusta, GA

From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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2 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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