Wyndham Clark hilariously trolls Canadian fans with USA hockey jersey

Wyndham Clark had his pound of flesh from the Canadian golf faithful on Saturday.

For the first time in 44 years, the U.S. has bragging rights in hockey. And Wyndham Clark isn't keen on letting Canadian hockey fans forget about it.

On Saturday at the RBC Canadian Open, Clark took it to the Canadian golf faithful with a playful troll, reminding the hockey-obsessed fans of TPC Toronto of the winner of this year’s Olympic hockey competition.

The scene arrived at The Rink, the hockey-themed 14th hole at the Canadian Open. The Rink is a new-ish development of the Canadian Open—a place aimed at replicating the success of the so-called “Stadium Hole” at the WM Phoenix Open. Each year, enormous grandstands are constructed at “The Rink,” and in recent years, players have been encouraged to engage with the frenzied crowd through all manner of goofy antics. This year, the special effect is a hockey jersey for any player who wishes to wear one.

Clark was certainly among the players interested in The Rink. He shot a 63, seven under, on Saturday to put himself in the early afternoon lead. By the time he arrived at the 14th, he was feeling it—ready to have a little fun with the Canadian Open faithful.

As he approached the tee, he pulled out a fresh hockey jersey and plopped it over his shirt. But this wasn’t just any ordinary hockey jersey. It was a Team USA, Jack Hughes No. 86 jersey in blue. For those not in the know, it’s the very jersey and color of the player who defeated the Canadian team in overtime for the gold medal back in February. Hughes scored the “golden goal” just minutes into overtime, driving a knife through the hearts of Canadians and securing Olympic gold for American hockey for the first time since the 1980 “miracle on ice.”

And there was Clark in that very jersey in front of the Canadian golf faithful, and they were having none of it. Boos rained down on Clark as he stood on the tee box with a grin and no shortage of bravado.

Those boos didn’t cease as he hit his tee shot—a stuffed approach to just five feet—and they definitely didn’t stop as he strutted up to the green and confidently knocked down his birdie putt.

Ultimately, Clark did remove the jersey and continued on with the rest of his round, and the Canadian golf faithful returned to form with their noted kindness—just maybe with a new tournament villain this time around.