Tim Clark
Name:
Timothy Henry "Tim" ClarkCountry:
South AfricaBorn:
Dec 17, 1975 in Durban, S Africa.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1998Presidents Cup player (2003, '05). European and African Tour winner.
During his time at North Carolina State University, Clark won the prestigious US Amateur Public Links title in 1997. A year later it was won by fellow South African Trevor Immelman.
America
RBC
Played as the RBC Canadian Open (July 24-27). Second-placed Jim Furyk (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tim Clark (RSA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Blue course, Royal Montreal GC, L'Île-Bizard, Montreal].
America
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Played as The Players Championship (May 6-9). Second-placed Robert Allenby (Aus) finished 1 shot behind first-time PGA Tour winner Clark (RSA), who was playing in his 206th start on the Tour. [Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL].
Aus/NZ
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Played as the Australian Open (Dec 11-14; Aus Tr event). Clark (RSA) beat Mathew Goggin (Aus) at the first playoff hole. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].
Africa
SA Airways
Played as the South African Airways Open (Jan 20-23; Eurpn/Sunshine Trs event; Eurpn Tr 2005 season). Second-placed Charl Schwartzel (RSA) and Grégory Havret (Fra) finished 6 shots behind Clark (RSA). [Durban CC, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa].
Europe
Barclays
Played as the Barclays Scottish Open (July 7-10). Second-placed Maarten Lafeber (Nld) and Darren Clarke (N.Ire) finished 2 shots behind Tim Clark (RSA), who recorded the last of his three European Tour wins. [Loch Lomond GC, Luss, Dunbartonshire].
Africa
Bell's
Played as Bell's South African Open (Jan 10-13; Sunshine/Eurpn Trs event). Second-placed Steve Webster (Eng) finished 2 shots behind first-time European Tour winner Clark (RSA). [Durban CC, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa].
Awards
Sunshine Tr
2001/02 Sunshine Order of Merit (and associated Sid Brews Trophy). Won by Clark (RSA) with season earnings of R1,669,900. Justin Rose (Eng) was second with R1,476.006; Retief Goosen (RSA) was third with R1,364,977.
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. Clark (RSA) beat Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 7 and 6 in the final. [Kearney Hill Links, Lexington, Kentucky].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
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New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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