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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSDarren ClarkeSection Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2000 World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship. 2003 World golf championships-NEcInvitational.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (14):1993 alfred Dunhill open [Eur]. 1996 Linde german masters[Eur]. 1998 Benson and Hedges International open [Eur],Volvo masters [Eur]. 1999 compass group English open[Eur]. 2000 compass group English open [Eur]. 2001Dimension Data pro-am [Saf], the chunichi crowns [Jpn],Smurfit European open [Eur]. 2002 compass group Englishopen. 2003 Northern Ireland masters [Eurchall]. 2004mitsui Sumitomo VISa taiheiyo masters [Jpn]. 2008 BmWasian open [Eur], KLm open [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t44—British open.2010 SeASon:Enjoyed a solid season, with three top 10s on two separatetours. Finished t8 at the avantha masters in India onthe asian tour. Led at the halfway point of the BarclaysScottish open and was one behind Edoardo molinari after54 holes at Loch Lomond. a double bogey on the third holein the sloppy, wet weather proved to be his undoing, ashe went on to shoot a final-round 76. also was a runnerupat the Joburg open at the royal Johannesburg andKensington gc. Despite shooting four rounds in the 60s(63-69-67-68) still fell six strokes short of eventual winnercharl Schwartzel.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Enjoyed strong play in the latter half of the seasonto record three top-10s on the European tour, with a bestfinish of t5 at the KLm open in late august. Best pgatour finish was a t22 at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational. 2008: recorded a t6 at theWorld golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational. hisFULL nAMe: Darren christopher clarkeHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 215BiRtHDAte: august 14, 1968BiRtHPLAce: Dungannon, Northern IrelandReSiDence: portrush, Northern IrelandFAMiLY: children, tyrone (1998), conor (2000)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings1994 11995 1 1 $12,9551996 2 1 1 41,8501997 4 3 1 1 2 282,8161998 6 4 1 2 121,6281999 10 7 1 2 139,1182000 10 8 1 3 5 254,1142001 7 5 2 2 3 330,8702002 11 8 1 2 5 665,9112003 16 15 1 5 6 763,9312004 16 10 2 4 9 2,009,8192005 12 11 1 1 5 7 1,465,9212006 11 6 1 1 3 660,8982007 10 4 107,9812008 2 1 1 12009 7 4 1 34,4792010 2 2 43,275total 128 90 2 3 6 26 47 6,935,565eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 21 15 1 2 5 $847,310SoUtHeRn AFRicA toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 4 4 1 1 1 $227,254* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*third top-10 at the event. Won twice on the Europeantour, his first wins there since 2003. captured the BmWasian open in april in china, sinking a 40-foot birdie putton the final green to beat robert-Jan Derksen by one. Inlate august, won the KLm open in the Netherlands by fourstrokes over paul mcginley. 2007: Best finish worldwidewas a t19 at the Barclays Scottish open on the Europeantour. Best pga tour finish was a t33 at the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, as hecontinued to deal with the 2006 death of his wife, Heather.2006: Was limited to 11 events due to his wife’s long-termillness and passing on aug. 13 at age 39 after a battle withcancer. granted special release as he fell shy of pga tourminimumappearances of 15. placed 125th on the moneylist with a best finish of t3 at the Bay Hill Invitational...Didnot play following a missed cut at the British open until theryder cup, where as a captain’s pick he compiled a 3-0-0record for the winning European squad...on the Europeantour, played in 14 events...compiled a solo third at theNissan Irish open. tournament was noteworthy for theulsterman, as he chipped out into the fairway on No. 9 inthe final round, basically taking a penalty stroke, despitefinding a perfect lie on monday after a rain-induced suspensionof the final round Sunday. after finding the rains haddramatically improved the position of his ball, he explainedhis thought process: “Honesty is part and parcel of the gameand I could not have acted any other way,” he said. madea bogey on the hole and finished two behind thomas Bjorn.2005: played in just 12 events due to his wife’s cancertreatment and received special release from completing his15 required tournaments...Ended his streak of winning onat least one tour since 1997...matched career high (2003)with five top-10s on the pga tour...Before heading tothe united States he started the season by finishing t4 atthe South african airways open...In his first start of thetour season and first at the at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am, finished t6...the next week, finished t3, one shotout of a rain-shortened playoff with rounds of 66-68 atSPeciAL inteReStS: Films, reading, cars, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1990JoineD toUR: 2003PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYthe Nissan open. aced the sixth hole with a 7-iron from167 yards in the first round...posted a t8 at the Bay HillInvitational, finishing with a final-round 68...recorded t17at the masters tournament, best showing since t8 in hisfirst start at augusta in 1998...Held a six-shot lead through36 holes at the mcI Heritage, but finished t2 after postingweekend rounds of 73-76 at Harbour town. Was fourstrokes ahead of 54-hole leader peter Lonard through thefifth hole in the final round, but played his last 13 holes9-over par with three double bogeys, including one onthe 72nd hole when tied with Lonard...one week later,rebounded with a t4 finish at the Shell Houston open,aided by a final-round 5-under-par 67. 2004: Finished in thetop 30 (No. 28) on the pga tour money list. Won on theJapan tour late in the year to continue a streak of victoriesworldwide dating back to 1997...past champion finishedthird at the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship, falling to Davis Love III in 21 holes inthe semifinals. In consolation finals, beat Stephen Leaney,2 and 1...opened with a 65 to lead the pga championship,his best career round in a major...Finished eighth on theEuropean tour’s order of merit with seven top-10s...Had3-1-1 record for Europe’s victorious ryder cup team. 2003:Won the World golf championships-NEc Invitational atFirestone cc in akron, oH, joining tiger Woods as the onlyplayers to win multiple World golf championships events...totaled five top-10s in a career-high 16 events on the pgatour...Eight-time European tour winner failed to win inEurope for the first time since 1997…Joined the pga touras a Special temporary member on april 9...Second careerWorld golf championships victory came by four strokesat Firestone cc, earning a career-best $1,050,000. Heldone-shot lead over Jonathan Kaye entering final round.First European non-pga tour member to win on the pgatour since retief goosen won the u.S. open in 2001...made tHE tour championship field by $9,768, with a totalof $1,896,931 official/unofficial money earned (including$1,250,000 in World golf championships earnings), rankingYear 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03masters t8 cut t40 24 t20 t28the Barclayst24u.S. open cut cut t43 t43 t10 t53 t30 t24 t42Deutsche Bank championshipt9British open t64 cut t39 t38 t31 t11 t2 cut t30 t7 t3 t37 t59pga cut cut t9 cut cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut t71 cut t26 cut t6tour championship 18accenture match play championship t33 1 t33 t5Bridgestone Invitational t36 t17 3 t19 1ca championship t40 t17 cNL 63 t38Year 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut t17 t22 cutu.S. open cut 56 cutBritish open t11 t15 cut cut t52 t44pga t13 cut t42 cut cut t48tHE pLaYErS t26 t63 t20 WDtour championshipt15accenture match play championship 3 t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t14 t28 WD t67 t6 t22ca championship t4 DNS t26 t46the BarclayscutnAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (5), 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006; World cup (3), 1994, 1995,1996; Dunhill cup (6), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.2-388 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com