Crowne Plaza Invitational, Round 4

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May. 31, 2009
By PGATOUR.COM Staff

CAN CLARK CLOSE THE DEAL? (12:15 p.m.): When Tim Clark tees off in a couple of hours from now, he'll be trying (again) to win for the first time in his career on the PGA TOUR. Over that span of 134 starts, Clark has entered the final round in the lead just three times, never finishing better than 10th.

Clark also has six career runner-up finishes, though, and as just mentioned, none have come when he's held the lead going into Sunday. In fact, many have been courtesy of some pretty spectacular final rounds. One of those rounds came here last year as Clark tied for the lead with a 66 only to see Phil Mickelson birdie the 72nd hole to win by one.

What will happen this time? Well, if Clark keeps performing like he has all week (see chart below), we might have to find a new best-player-never-to-win-on-TOUR. -- Brian Wacker

Tim Clark: Key stats

Stat	Value	Rank	Field	Leader	YTD
Driving accuracy	80.95%	4th	59.20%	Ames	85.71%	71.35%
Greens in regulation	85.19%	2nd	68.03%	Sean O'Hair	88.89%	67.40%
Ball striking	15	4th	n/a	John Senden	4	91
Proximity to hole	20 feet, 10 inches	1st	30 feet, 7 inches	Clark	20 feet, 10 inches	32 feet, 10 inches
Fairway proximity	17 feet, 11 inches	1st	27 feet, 1 inch	Clark	17 feet, 11 inches	28 feet, 9 inches
Par-5 scoring average	4.17	T1st	4.68	Clark, Anthony Kim, George McNeill	4.17	4.53
Birdie to bogey ratio	9.5	3rd	1.47	Steve Marino	16	1.77

Groups We're Watching

Tee time	Players
2:10 p.m. ET No. 1		Tim Clark, Steve Marino Both are looking for their first PGA TOUR titles. Marino fired Saturday's low round of 62.
1:50 p.m. ET No. 1		Justin Leonard, Vijay Singh Leonard, a native Texan, and Singh would both love to win at Colonial. Singh, though, needs another 64, like he shot in the first two rounds.
1:30 p.m. ET No. 1		Sean O'Hair, Zach Johnson O'Hair and Johnson have both won within the past two months, so they've got experience and confidence to help them down the stretch.