2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Tim Clark (cont.)Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1998A 1 11998 11999 25 14 1 3 6 $57,220 462000 27 16 2 1 7 11 288,056 32001 4 1 1 1 16,200 147Total 58 32 2 2 11 18 361,476COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $2,269,525EUROPEAN TOUR2003 4 3 1 1 3 $142,962PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT T13U.S. OpenCUTBritish OpenCUTPGA T53 3THE PLAYERST21WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33WGC-NEC InvitationalT64WGC-American Express Champ 62NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup, 2003; WGC-World Cup, 2002.DARREN CLARKEPLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.65 (54)Driving Distance ------------------273.3 (180)Driving Accuracy Percentage --74.0% (10)Total Driving ------------------------190 (91)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------65.0% (100)Putting Average--------------------1.770 (76)Sand Save Percentage ----------50.8% (84)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------234.0 (110)Birdie Average --------------------3.51 (119)All-Around Ranking --------------733 (88)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.90 (86)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.13 (128)Final Round Scoring Average --71.67 (141)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.8% (120)Par Breakers ------------------------19.9% (123)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–Valero Texas Open/2Career Low Round/Round:63–2003 Valero Texas Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$408,000–2003 PGA Championship/3EXEMPT STATUS: 2003 World Golf Championship winner (through 2006)FULL NAME: Darren Christopher Clarke HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 225BIRTHDATE: August 14, 1968BIRTHPLACE: Dungannon, N. IrelandRESIDENCE: Pinnacle Point, South Africa FAMILY: Wife, Heather; Tyrone (1998), Conor (2000)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Films, reading, cars, fishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1990 JOINED TOUR: 2003SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2000 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. 2003WGC-NEC Invitational.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (11): 1993 Alfred Dunhill Open [Eur]. 1996 Linde GermanMasters [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 [Jap], Smurfit European Open [Eur].2002 Compass Group English Open. 2003 Northern Ireland Masters [EurChall].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—WGC-NEC Invitational; T5—WGC-AccentureMatch Play Championship; T6—THE PLAYERS Championship; T9—Deutsche BankChampionship; T10—Nissan Open.2003 SEASON: Won the WGC-NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, OH.With the win, he became the only player other than Tiger Woods to win multiple WGCevents…Totaled five top-10s in a career-high 16 events on the PGA TOUR…Eight-timeEuropean Tour winner failed to win in Europe for the first time since 1997, but racked upsix top-10 finishes in 11 starts on the European Tour, including a T2 at The BarclaysScottish Open…In first TOUR start of season, posted an ace on third hole of Torrey Pines’North Course during first round at Buick Invitational. Disqualified following the third roundfor signing an incorrect scorecard, mistakenly recording a four instead of a five on the par-4 12th hole of the South Course…Posted first top-10 of season the following week witha T10 at the Nissan Open…Finished T5 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championshipafter losing to Peter Lonard in the quarterfinals (2-up). Defeated Tim Clark, Davis Love IIIand Jim Furyk in the first three rounds…Third top-10 in five starts on the PGA TOUR cameat THE PLAYERS Championship. Three back of the lead through 54 holes. Closed with 71to finish T6…Joined the PGA TOUR as a Special Temporary Member on April 9. Two dayslater led the Masters by three strokes through 18 holes after a first-round 66, then finishedT28…Earned second career World Golf Championships victory with four-shot win at NECInvitational at Firestone CC, earning a career-best $1,050,000. Held one-shot lead overJonathan Kaye entering final round after opening 65-70-65. Eagle on the par-5 secondhole on Sunday, coupled with a Kaye bogey on the hole, opened a four-shot cushion.Despite bogeys on Nos. 15-16, carded final-round, 3-under-par 67, posting an eagle andfour birdies. First European non-PGA TOUR member to win on the PGA TOUR since RetiefGoosen won the U.S. Open in 2001. Finished in the top 10 in two key stats on the week:Putts Per Round (25.0/third) and Driving Distance Average (330.2/second)…Earnedsecond consecutive top-10 finish with T9 at the Deutsche Bank Championship…MadeTHE TOUR Championship field by $9,768, with a total of $1,896,931 official/unofficialmoney earned (including $1,250,000 in WGC earnings), ranking 29th on the PGA TOURMoney List. By finishing among the top 30 with his combination of official/unofficialmoney, the field increased to 31 players.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Playing in his fourth PGA TOUR event of the year, finishedrunner-up finish to Vijay Singh in the Shell Houston Open. His 16-under-par 271 markedhis best sub-par effort in 45 PGA TOUR career starts. His second-place finish moved himup five spots in the Official World Golf Ranking to No. 11…Placed in the top 25 at theMasters and U.S. Open…Became the first person to win The Compass Group EnglishOpen three times in June. 2001: Won in South Africa for the first time, capturing theDimension Data Pro-Am…Also won in Japan at the Chunichi Crowns before capturing hisfirst European Tour title of the year on home soil in the Smurfit European Open at The KClub, the first Irishman to win in Ireland since John O’Leary 19 years earlier. Finished T3at British Open…Posted another third-place finish at 2001 NEC Invitational, three behindTiger Woods-Jim Furyk playoff. 2000: Became first European to win World GolfChampionships event. Defeated David Duval in semifinals and Tiger Woods in final tocapture WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship…Followed that early season victoryand $1-million payday in June by retaining the Compass Group English Open. Came fromsix strokes back in final round to defeat Michael Campbell and Mark James, the lastperson to defend that tournament successfully (1989-90). 1999: Won the Compass GroupEuropean Open title…Followed that victory by becoming, at Smurfit European Open, firstplayer on European Tour to shoot 60 twice (first 60 came at 1992 European Monte CarloOpen). Equaled three records: most birdies (12), consecutive birdies (eight) and low roundon European Tour (ninth time 60 had been shot). 1998: Won Benson and HedgesInternational Open en route to second-place finish on Volvo Order of Merit. Runner-upplacing came after capturing Volvo Masters with record-equaling 63…Topped AXAPerformance Data Stroke Averages in ‘98. 1997: Tied for runner-up honors to JustinLeonard at the 1997 British Open at Royal Troon. Amateur: Winner of the 1989 East ofIreland Amateur. In 1990, captured the Spanish Open Amateur Championship, IrishAmateur Championship, North of Ireland Amateur and the South of Ireland Amateur.PERSONAL: Drives Ferrari that bears the registration DC 60 in reference to his two lowrounds…New fitness regime in 2003 was so successful that the Northern Ireland nativehad to shed his wardrobe of around 200 golf shirts and 100 pairs of trousers. Worked withformer rugby league professional Steve Hampson, losing 17 pounds in the process.WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-29