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...
felt heather hospital progress thankfully time
Heather is thankfully out of hospital now and her progress is such that we felt the time was right for me to return.
affecting bound golf quite top
As you can see from my results, it's affecting me quite a bit, which is normal. It's bound to. My golf is not really at the top of my list. But at the same time, I'm not just going out to make up a number. I want to try and compete.
everybody family hope vital wife withdraw
Much as I am disappointed in having to withdraw from my obligations, I hope that everybody understands that it is vital I am with my wife and family at this time,
best buy driver good great holds iron maybe medium people player poor relatively saying tiger
People are always saying that Darren is an underachiever. He is a superb driver of the ball, maybe the best in the world. Tiger Woods, I know, would buy Darren's driving. He's a great long-iron player and a pretty good medium iron player. But he's a relatively poor wedge player. And that is what holds him back.
beat best good opportunity player tiger time
It's Tiger's event, and Tiger is a very good friend. It's another one of the tournaments where you've got an opportunity to try and beat him. He's the best player in the world, so any time we get that chance, we want to take it.
course gives good relaxed rounds taking
Two under is pretty good after two rounds here. I was very comfortable and relaxed out there, just taking what the course gives me.
mess
We all mess up now and again. That was just one of those times.
par thursday
Usually, par for me on Thursday here is 82.
few personal
We had a few chats. A personal nature, but we had a few chats.
few personal
We had a few chats. Personal issues. If you ever have to go through it, you'd know.
life years europe
I am naturally extremely proud to be selected as European Ryder Cup captain for 2016, european Ryder Cup has been a massive part of my life and my career so to have the chance to lead Europe next year is a huge honor.
lying fighting deceit
I was fighting it left all day, just enough to get myself in difficult positions to get up and down. The par 5s have been good to be all week, and the three places I missed, I didn't get good lies.
forests matter hard
Forest of Arden was great for me. I couldn't finish outside the top five there no matter how hard I tried!
boys priorities-in-life okay
Just making sure the boys are okay is my priority in life, and that takes up all of my time right now.