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...
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.
aware awful deal far golf good reasons score shoot top tough year
Obviously, I haven't been able to play an awful lot of golf so far this year for reasons that you're aware of at home. So, you know, it's good to shoot a good score on a very, very tough golf course. ... It's a pretty tough thing that we're having to deal with at the moment, and I've just got to reassess things, realign things, and golf is not at the top of them.
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.
expect good position quite
I didn't quite expect myself to be in as good a position as I am.
few personal
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.
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.
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.
lack party scoring week
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.
repeat wish
I wish I could repeat it a little more often.
par thursday
Usually, par for me on Thursday here is 82.
win year
It's been a frustrating year where I haven't managed to win so it's great.
four left nicely played three
I left three or four out there, but I played nicely again.