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 do enjoy the tournament, much more off the course than on the golf course in the past. Unfortunately, when I got off to that 65 on Thursday, my week was over. It wrecked my plans for the whole week.
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If Heather was ill or up and down, I might have to withdraw. I would only want to be playing if I was a benefit to the team,
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It's a pretty regular question that you just asked, why we haven't won. We just haven't performed as we need to. Hopefully, someone is going to end up winning sooner rather than later.
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It's a pretty regular question that you just asked, why we haven't won them. We just haven't performed as we need to.
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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.
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Lack of beer, if you want to know the truth. Usually, this week for me is a party week, but the scoring is getting in the way.
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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.
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It's been a frustrating year where I haven't managed to win so it's great.
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If it stays soft, somebody could go low. If you drive the ball straight enough, you can shoot some low numbers. Whether you can do four of them or not, we'll see. I know that sounds very obvious, but there are chances out there.
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Hopefully we don't build our hopes up too much, because we don't want to do that,
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I can't believe I've done what I've done.
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I have a feeling I might get lucky after coming so close last year.
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The Belfry is synonymous with many of the great things that have happened to European golf over the last two decades, so it is fitting that once again it is hosting one of our top tournaments.
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That's the nature of sport, if you look at how Europe has performed they have found a way to win but golf is cyclical and there's not much between the teams.