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...
annoyed difference frequently point shoot
It doesn't really make any difference to me if I go out and shoot 64 or 74. Obviously, I'd like to shoot 64 more frequently than 74. There's really no point in me getting annoyed about it. There's other things, more important things going on.
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.
hitting love nicely people win
I'm hitting it nicely and I'll try to keep it going. There are a lot of people who want to win this a lot more than I do. I would love to do it myself, but it's not that important.
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.
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!
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.
sports nature team
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.
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.
par thursday
Usually, par for me on Thursday here is 82.
close coming feeling last lucky might
I have a feeling I might get lucky after coming so close last year.
finished fourth houston next
I finished fourth at Houston the next week, didn't I?
pay talking tower tv
He said, 'You do know which TV tower I was talking about, don't you? I said, 'Yeah, the one on the right.' And he said, 'No, it was the one on the left.' It was all my fault. I didn't really pay that much attention.
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.