A Decade-Old Feud Finally Explained: Why Wyndham Clark Once Hated Baker Mayfield

For nearly ten years, there’s been a random, unsolved mystery floating around the sports internet: Why on earth did PGA Tour star Wyndham Clark hate Baker Mayfield?

Clark himself settled the question this week. Appearing on the podcast Pardon My Take, the two-time U.S. Open winner finally explained the origin story of a now-famous tweet he posted back in 2016. The tweet was simple. It just said, “I hate Baker Mayfield.” No context. No follow-up. Just those four words, sitting there for years, making everyone wonder what the quarterback did to him.

Well, it wasn’t about football. It was about a girl.

“My girlfriend at the time cheated on me with Baker Mayfield,” Clark said on the show. He paused, glanced at his PR team, and kept going. “But here’s what I will say — I’m actually a Baker fan now. I think he’s a homie. That’s your initial response, but really, it’s ‘screw [your girlfriend].’”

So there it is. Clark’s ex and Mayfield were apparently a thing during the quarterback’s Heisman-winning days at Oklahoma. And Clark, who was playing college golf at Oklahoma State at the time, had to watch from the rival school’s side of the fence. Awkward on a few levels.

But Clark made it clear that he’s long moved past it. He said he actually wants to link up with Mayfield for a round of golf now. The beef appears to be entirely one-sided and expired. Mayfield probably had no idea who his hookup was dating at the time anyway. It happens.

Mayfield and his wife Emily are doing just fine, by the way. They welcomed their second child, a son named Maverick Thorne Mayfield, back in April 2026. Clark isn’t with that ex anymore either. Time really does just sort this stuff out.

As for the current state of both guys: Mayfield is heading into his ninth NFL season, his fourth with the Buccaneers. He’s coming off a 2025 campaign where he threw for 3,693 yards and 26 touchdowns — solid numbers, though a step back from the career-best 4,500-yard, 41-touchdown season he had in 2024. He’s still the starter in Tampa, but there’s pressure to bounce back this fall.

Clark, meanwhile, has built one of the better careers in recent PGA Tour memory. He won the U.S. Open in 2023 and then did it again in 2026. He’s got the trophies, the game, and now he can finally stop fielding questions about that weird old tweet.