South Africa's Tim Clark is making his third Presidents Cup appearance.
Oct. 1, 2009
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Tim Clark got his golf career off to a smashing start when, as an 8-year-old, he made his first hole-in-one. If that doesn't get a kid hooked on the game, what would it take? Clark may have learned the game in his native South Africa, but he polished it in the United States, where he won the U.S. Public Links Championship in 1997. He played his collegiate golf at North Carolina State University, where he was the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Year in 1997. He turned professional the following year, and in 2000, won two events on the Nationwide Tour, the Fort Smith Classic and the Boise Open. His first full season on the PGA TOUR was 2002, and coming into the 2009 season he had posted 31 top-10 finishes in 123 starts, including six runner-ups. He brings a 4-5-1 overall Presidents Cup record to Harding Park.
| The Clark file |
| FULL NAME: Timothy Henry Clark |
| HEIGHT: 5-7 |
| WEIGHT: 165 |
| BIRTHDATE: Dec. 17, 1975 |
| BIRTHPLACE: Durban, South Africa |
| RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| FAMILY: Wife, Candace |
| EDUCATION: North Carolina State University |
| SPECIAL INTERESTS: Darts, pool, ping-pong, remote-control planes, fishing |
| TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1998 |
| NATIONWIDE TOUR GRADUATE: 2000 |
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| Personal info |
| Tim Clark donated his first-place share of approximately $20,000 at the November 2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational to a deaf girl from the Carel du Toit School for the Hearing Impaired in Tygerberg, South Africa, to help pay the costs of implant surgery. It put into perspective what life is all about -- and its not about all those putts Im able to put away or miss at the crucial stages of an event, but life in general, he said. |
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| Playing record |
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES: Clark has no TOUR victories but won twice on the Nationwide Tour and has four international victories. |
| 2009 PGA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Clark posted a 6-under 64 on the final day of the Sony Open in Hawaii to finish tied for 12th. He came back the following week with five rounds in the 60s, including a 63 in the third round, to finish tied for fifth at the 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer. After beating Tiger Woods, 4 and 2, in the second round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, he lost to Irelands Rory McIlroy, 4 and 3, in the third round to finish tied for ninth. He shot 69s in the second and final rounds to finish tied for ninth at THE PLAYERS Championship. He bogeyed the final hole at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial to fall into a three-way playoff with Steve Stricker. He lost to Stricker on the second hole after his second shot struck the pin and caromed 20 feet away. It was his seventh career runner-up finish. |
| NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (3), 2003, 2005, 2009; World Cup (2), 2002, 2005 |
| PRESIDENTS CUP RECORD: 4-5-1 |
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| All-time playing partners |
| Ernie Els (2 Four-ball) |
| Retief Goosen (1 Foursomes) |
| Mark Hensby (1 Four-ball) |
| Peter Lonard (1 Foursomes) |
| Nick O'Hern (2 Foursomes) |
| Vijay Singh (1 Four-ball) |
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