Darren Clarke

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Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke
Personnel
Nation: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Career data
Professional since: 1990
Current tour: European Tour
Tournament wins: 22nd
Major wins : 1 (2011)
Awards: Laureus Sport Award (2012)

Darren Clarke , OBE (born August 14, 1968 in Dungannon , Northern Ireland ) is a professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and the US PGA Tour for years . What is noticeable is his habit of occasionally smoking cigars during the round of golf.

Life

Clarke, who played rugby in his youth , started playing golf at the age of 11. After winning two amateur titles in 1990 with the Spanish Amateur Open Championship and the Irish Amateur Closed Championship , Clarke has been on the European Tour since 1991 . In 1993 he won his first professional tournament with the Alfred Dunhill Open . In 2000 he won the WGC World Matchplay Championship , clearly defeating Tiger Woods in the final . His best years on the European tour so far were in 1998, 2000 and 2003, each with second places in the money list ( European Tour Order of Merit ). In the prestigious Ryder Cup he played from 1997 to 2006 in uninterrupted order for the European team. In 2005 he skipped several tournaments to take care of his cancer-stricken wife Heather. In August 2006 she succumbed to her condition. This year he was set up by Captain Ian Woosnam as the captain's pick (free choice of the captain) at the Ryder Cup, remained victorious in all of his three matches and thus contributed significantly to Europe's victory. In 2011 he won The Open Championship , his first triumph in a major tournament . In January 2012, Clarke received the Laureus Sport Award in the World Comeback of the Year category.

Play style

Darren Clarke is a so-called streaky player , which in golf jargon means that you can play series of holes under par and is predestined for record-breaking rounds. Occasionally, however, this can be exactly the opposite, and Clarke in particular has given up quite a few tournaments listlessly.

Tournament victories

Victories as an amateur

  • 1990 Spanish Amateur Open Championship, Irish Amateur Championship

European Tour victories (14)

Darren Clarke with the winner's cup at the KLM Open 2008

Other tournament victories

  • 1992 Ulster Professional Championship
  • 1994 Irish National PGA Championship
  • 2001 Dimension Data Pro-Am, Chunichi Crowns ( Japan Golf Tour )
  • 2003 Benmore Developments Northern Ireland Masters ( Challenge Tour )
  • 2004 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters (Japan Golf Tour)
  • 2005 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters (Japan Golf Tour)
  • 2010 JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am

Results in major tournaments

competition 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T8 CUT T40 24 T20 T28 CUT T17
US Open DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT T43 T43 T10 T53 T30 T24 T42 CUT DNP
The Open Championship T64 CUT T39 T38 T31 T11 T2 CUT T30 T7 T3 T37 T59 T11 T15
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT T9 CUT CUT CUT T13 CUT
competition 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Masters Tournament T22 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T11 T44 T52 CUT DNP DNP DNP
US Open 56 DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT CUT DNP T52 T44 1 CUT T21 T26 CUT T30 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP T42 CUT CUT T48 CUT T54 75 CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP


DNP = did not take part
CUT = cut not made
“T” split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.

Participation in team competitions

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philip Reid: Original Northern star goes supernova , irishtimes.com, July 18, 2011
  2. ↑ http://www.golf.de/publish/60092954/shortnews/ausierungen-fuer-mcilroy-und-clarkey

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Darren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish golfer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Dungannon , Northern Ireland