Kerr Cellars

When I think of Wyndham Clark, I think of his late mom, Lise, before I think of the Oakmont locker incident. I was 42 when I lost my father, and I try to imagine what it would've been like to lose a parent as a teenager. The impact of that trauma on a young heart and mind. It's important context. About a dozen years ago, I wrote about Wyndham's mom, a beauty queen who threw a football better than most dads and cooked a mean brisket. Lise Thevenet Clark, one of nine children raised by her father, an Army colonel, had a strong competitive drive. She was a national sales director for Mary Kay Cosmetics. “I once took a girl to homecoming in her pink Cadillac,” Wyndham said. You can read the full story from 2014 in the link below. We could all use a little mercy. (Getty Images)