One of the longest player-caddie relationships on tour has reportedly reached its conclusion.
The pair first linked up in 2016 when Ellis retired from pro golf to take up the role of assistant head coach for the University of Oregon’s men’s golf program.
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Clark – who was in his senior year there – was assigned Ellis as his looper and a flourishing on-course relationship helped to strengthen their bond.
Once the three-time PGA Tour winner turned pro, he kept Ellis on and they climbed up the ranks together before managing to achieve their first victory at the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship.
long time partners, us open winners wyndham clark & john ellis have parted ways wyndham will have dave pelekoudas (aka big wave dave) on the bag for the foreseeable future dave has filled in for ellis in the past & has looped for various pros in his tenureMarch 17, 2026
At that point, Ellis was talking up Clark’s chances of becoming World No.1 at some point.
Following the Valspar Championship win, Ellis said of his boss: “He has the work ethic to be the best player in the world. To win against this field, on this course, the next step will be feeling comfortable in Majors, but the sky is the limit.”
As it turned out, they would only have to wait a few months to taste Major success together, with Clark defeating Rory McIlroy and co. by a stroke at the US Open.
The fact that it happened at all was, in no small part, down to the influence of Ellis – who encouraged Clark to bring in psychologist and performance coach Julie Elion in the first place.
The 32-year-old’s most recent victory arrived at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am where Clark shot a stunning 12-under 60 on the Saturday. It proved to be the final round as storms cancelled the final day’s play.
Since the end of the 2024 campaign, Clark has struggled to maintain a consistently high level of performance and is able to boast only two top-10s in 31 tour starts. Over the same duration, Clark missed six cuts.
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