Darren Clarke
| Darren Clarke OBE | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Darren Christopher Clarke |
| Born |
14 August 1968 Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Northern Ireland
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| Residence | Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Children | Tyrone, Conor |
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 1990 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 22 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| European Tour | 14 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | T8: 1998 |
| U.S. Open | T10: 1999 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2011 |
| PGA Championship | T9: 2000 |
Darren Christopher Clarke, OBE (born 14 August 1968) is 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 54 attempts.
Clarke has also won two World Golf Championship events, most notably the 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship, when he defeated Tiger Woods in the final. Clarke was ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 43 weeks between 2000 and 2002. His highest finish on the European Tour money list is second, which he achieved in 1998, 2000 and 2003. Clarke is currently ranked as the seventh highest career money winner on the European Tour.
Clarke has represented Ireland as both an amateur and as a professional, notably at the World Cup and Alfred Dunhill Cup, and was a member of five consecutive European Ryder Cup teams between 1997 and 2006.
Clarke was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and in 1987 he played collegiate golf at Wake Forest University in the United States. He was a junior member of Dungannon Golf Club, whose junior section also included three others who are current PGA Golf Professionals: Alistair Cardwell, Barry Hamill and Gary Chambers. Clarke represented his school, Royal School Dungannon, together with Cardwell and Chambers.
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