Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke
Darren Christopher Clarke, OBEis a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. His biggest victory came when he won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's in England, his first major win after more than 20 years and...
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I wish I could repeat it a little more often.
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She's having a pretty tough battle at the minute. She had a couple of weeks of very intensive treatment two weeks ago for another situation, so she's had a very tough time. But she's battling hard.
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There's more to us than just playing golf. I think it brightens it up and makes it a bit fun.
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This is probably one of my favorite events on the tour, if not the most favorite event on the tour. I enjoy the whole place. I really enjoy the golf course.
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Do you want to see guys wearing khakis and white shirts? Or do you want to see somebody a little bit different? There's more to us than just playing golf. I think it brightens it up and makes it a bit of fun.
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We had a few chats. Personal issues. If you ever have to go through it, you'd know.
few personal
We had a few chats. A personal nature, but we had a few chats.
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I didn't quite expect myself to be in as good a position as I am.
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Hopefully, Heather will be out of hospital soon and I will be able to return to the game. But there are more important issues to be dealt with at the moment than swinging a golf club.
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I left three or four out there, but I played nicely again.
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Heather's condition is day by day. She is undergoing intensive chemotherapy.
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Heather is thankfully out of hospital now and her progress is such that we felt the time was right for me to return.
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Heather has been having problems and we are determined to get to the bottom of them as quickly as possible. It is a difficult time for all of us and I would ask that our privacy is respected.
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He played fantastically. A 64 was the worst score he could have possibly shot. I've lost a six-shot lead, at the 1999 European Open, but he's going to be hard to catch. He's playing unbelievably well.