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What happened Former University of Oregon golfer Wyndham Clark has the lowest 36-hole score ever for a U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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Center Wyndham Clark builds 4-shot lead at US Open with lowest 36-hole score at Shinnecock KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) · Center · News report
Right / center-right Wyndham Clark builds early 4-shot lead at U.S. Open with lowest 36-hole score at Shinnecock Pittsburgh Tribune Review · Center-right · News report
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Wyndham Clark builds 4-shot lead at US Open with lowest 36-hole score at Shinnecock Former University of Oregon golfer Wyndham Clark has the lowest 36-hole score ever for a U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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Center-right Mostly Factual Wyndham Clark builds early 4-shot lead at U.S. Open with lowest 36-hole score at Shinnecock early
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Wyndham Clark keeps leaving his mark on Shinnecock Hills. He finished off the lowest opening round in a U.S. Open on this fearsome course Friday morning, and then he del...
Open source Details 14/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources 14/99 Wording Gap Low confidence 2 sources · 2 bias buckets Developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets Formats: News report
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Jun 20, 1:46 AM: Pittsburgh Tribune Review joined the source map.
Jun 20, 6:22 AM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 14/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.
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