Tim Clark | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Timothy Henry Clark | ||
Nickname | Penguin [1] | ||
Born | Durban, South Africa | 17 December 1975||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | South Africa | ||
Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | ||
Spouse | Candice | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
College | North Carolina State University | ||
Turned professional | 1998 | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
Professional wins | 12 | ||
Highest ranking | 14 (16 April 2006) [2] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
PGA Tour | 2 | ||
European Tour | 3 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | 2nd: 2006 | ||
PGA Championship | 3rd: 2003 | ||
U.S. Open | T3: 2005 | ||
The Open Championship | T23: 2005 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. His biggest win was The Players Championship in 2010, which was also his first PGA Tour win.
Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career, winning ACC Player of the Year in 1997. During this time he won the 1997 U.S. Amateur Public Links to qualify for his first major, the 1998 Masters Tournament. [3]
Clark turned professional in 1998, and initially played on the second tier U.S. professional tour, which was then known as the Nike Tour, where he won two tournaments in 2000 to gain membership of the main PGA Tour for 2001. His 2001 campaign was cut short by a wrist injury after just three events. He made a comeback in 2002, and had the benefit of a major medical exemption which enabled him to enter enough events to comfortably regain full exemption for 2003. He captured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2010 Players Championship, becoming only the second golfer to make the Players his first Tour victory. He has had three European Tour victories. He finished sole second at the 2006 Masters Tournament and sole or tied third at the 2003 PGA Championship and the 2005 U.S. Open.
Clark was a member of the International Team, captained by fellow South African Gary Player in two of three appearances, in the 2003, 2005 and 2009 Presidents Cup. Player dubbed him the team's "bull dog" in reference to his dogged determination and refusal to give in or let go. In 2005 he reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 2001/02 season. He has played Gary Player's annual charity event in South Africa to help raise funds for needy children and personally paid for a little girl's cochlear ear implant so that she could hear after winning the event in 2005. In Australia for a three-tournament swing, he won the 2008 Australian Open in a playoff with Mathew Goggin when they were both tied at 9-under-par. Neither seemed to have a chance with four holes to play when David Smail led at 12-under only to double-bogey the next two holes. [4]
In May 2009, Clark nearly had his first PGA Tour victory in hand at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, but he bogeyed the 18th hole to force a playoff. On the first hole of that playoff, he missed a 7-footer which would have given him the victory. Then, on the second playoff hole, he and Steve Marino lost to Steve Stricker. In May 2010, Clark picked up his first PGA Tour title in his 206th start, after eight runner-up finishes, at the 2010 Players Championship. Clark came from three behind with a final round 67 to win by a stroke over Robert Allenby. At the time, Clark was the highest-earning player without a win, earning $14.7 million and having eight runner-up finishes. [1]
On 11 August 2013, in the final round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, Clark made a hole-in-one on the 220-yard, par-3 11th hole. On 27 July 2014, Clark won the RBC Canadian Open, finishing one stroke ahead of Jim Furyk. This was his second PGA Tour title and first victory in more than four years. He birdied five out of the last eight holes to come from three strokes back in the final round. The win moved Clark back inside the world's top 100. [5]
A left elbow injury hampered Clark for much of 2015 and 2016. Clark last played the 2016 CareerBuilder Challenge and has a career money list exemption available. His career earnings are over $23.9 million.
Legend |
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Players Championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 9 May 2010 | The Players Championship | −16 (68-71-66-67=272) | 1 stroke | Robert Allenby |
2 | 27 Jul 2014 | RBC Canadian Open | −17 (67-67-64-65=263) | 1 stroke | Jim Furyk |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | Steve Marino, Steve Stricker | Stricker won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 2014 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Bubba Watson | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 13 Jan 2002 | Bell's South African Open 1 | −19 (66-70-68-65=269) | 2 strokes | Steve Webster |
2 | 23 Jan 2005 | South African Airways Open 1 (2) | −15 (68-71-68-66=273) | 6 strokes | Grégory Havret, Charl Schwartzel |
3 | 10 Jul 2005 | Barclays Scottish Open | −19 (67-66-65-67=265) | 2 strokes | Darren Clarke, Maarten Lafeber |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2003 | South African Airways Open | Trevor Immelman | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2014 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Bubba Watson | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Legend |
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Flagship events (2) |
Other Sunshine Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 13 Jan 2002 | Bell's South African Open 1 | −19 (66-70-68-65=269) | 2 strokes | Steve Webster |
2 | 23 Jan 2005 | South African Airways Open 1 (2) | −15 (68-71-68-66=273) | 6 strokes | Grégory Havret, Charl Schwartzel |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2003 | South African Airways Open | Trevor Immelman | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Legend |
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Flagship events (1) |
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 14 Dec 2008 | Australian Open | −9 (70-73-69-67=279) | Playoff | Mathew Goggin |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2008 | Australian Open | Mathew Goggin | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 12 Aug 2000 | Buy.com Fort Smith Classic | −16 (67-66-65-66=264) | 3 strokes | Lee Rinker |
2 | 17 Sep 2000 | Buy.com Boise Open | −15 (66-67-69-67=269) | 6 strokes | Patrick Burke, Steve Haskins |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 16 Aug 1998 | New Brunswick Open | −27 (63-67-67-64=261) | 1 stroke | David McKenzie |
2 | 23 Aug 1998 | CPGA Championship | −16 (71-70-62-69=272) | Playoff | Chris Tidland |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 27 Nov 2005 | Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Vincent Tshabalala) | −17 (63-64=127) | 4 strokes | Trevor Immelman and Gary Player |
2 | 20 Jun 2006 | CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Nick Price) | −19 (61-62=123) | Playoff | Brad Faxon and Mike Weir |
Other playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2006 | CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Nick Price) | Brad Faxon and Mike Weir | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | ||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T13 | CUT | T39 | 2 | T13 | CUT | T13 | |||
U.S. Open | CUT | T13 | T3 | CUT | T17 | T48 | T40 | |||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T23 | T56 | CUT | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship | T53 | 3 | CUT | T17 | T24 | CUT | T55 | T16 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | T11 | CUT | |
U.S. Open | T12 | CUT | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T44 | |||
PGA Championship | T39 | T11 | T68 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 24 |
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2010 | The Players Championship | 3 shot deficit | −16 (68-71-66-67=272) | 1 stroke | Robert Allenby |
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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The Players Championship | T21 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T68 | CUT | T9 | 1 | WD | T25 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | R32 | R64 | R16 | R16 | R16 | |||||
Championship | 62 | T18 | T26 | T63 | T12 | 27 | T22 | T60 | |||||
Invitational | T64 | T48 | T51 | 74 | T6 | T20 | T29 | T58 | T50 | ||||
Champions | T25 | 2 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
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