Darren Clarke Quotes (21 Quotes)

It doesn't really make any difference to me if I go out and shoot 64 or 74. Obviously, I'd like to shoot 64 more frequently than 74. There's really no point in me getting annoyed about it. There's other things, more important things going on.

Heather has been having problems and we are determined to get to the bottom of them as quickly as possible. It is a difficult time for all of us and I would ask that our privacy is respected.

Hopefully, Heather will be out of hospital soon and I will be able to return to the game. But there are more important issues to be dealt with at the moment than swinging a golf club.

If Heather was ill or up and down, I might have to withdraw. I would only want to be playing if I was a benefit to the team,

The Belfry is synonymous with many of the great things that have happened to European golf over the last two decades, so it is fitting that once again it is hosting one of our top tournaments.

I was fighting it left all day, just enough to get myself in difficult positions to get up and down. The par 5s have been good to be all week, and the three places I missed, I didn't get good lies.

Much as I am disappointed in having to withdraw from my obligations, I hope that everybody understands that it is vital I am with my wife and family at this time,

We had a few chats. A personal nature, but we had a few chats.

I do enjoy the tournament, much more off the course than on the golf course in the past. Unfortunately, when I got off to that 65 on Thursday, my week was over. It wrecked my plans for the whole week.

Do you want to see guys wearing khakis and white shirts Or do you want to see somebody a little bit different There's more to us than just playing golf. I think it brightens it up and makes it a bit of fun.

If it stays soft, somebody could go low. If you drive the ball straight enough, you can shoot some low numbers. Whether you can do four of them or not, we'll see. I know that sounds very obvious, but there are chances out there.

She's having a pretty tough battle at the minute. She had a couple of weeks of very intensive treatment two weeks ago for another situation, so she's had a very tough time. But she's battling hard.

We all mess up now and again. That was just one of those times.

Heather is thankfully out of hospital now and her progress is such that we felt the time was right for me to return.

As you can see from my results, it's affecting me quite a bit, which is normal. It's bound to. My golf is not really at the top of my list. But at the same time, I'm not just going out to make up a number. I want to try and compete.

He said, 'You do know which TV tower I was talking about, don't you I said, 'Yeah, the one on the right.' And he said, 'No, it was the one on the left.' It was all my fault. I didn't really pay that much attention.

People are always saying that Darren is an underachiever. He is a superb driver of the ball, maybe the best in the world. Tiger Woods, I know, would buy Darren's driving. He's a great long-iron player and a pretty good medium iron player. But he's a relatively poor wedge player. And that is what holds him back.

Lack of beer, if you want to know the truth. Usually, this week for me is a party week, but the scoring is getting in the way.

There's more to us than just playing golf. I think it brightens it up and makes it a bit fun.

It's Tiger's event, and Tiger is a very good friend. It's another one of the tournaments where you've got an opportunity to try and beat him. He's the best player in the world, so any time we get that chance, we want to take it.

Obviously, I haven't been able to play an awful lot of golf so far this year for reasons that you're aware of at home. So, you know, it's good to shoot a good score on a very, very tough golf course. ... It's a pretty tough thing that we're having to deal with at the moment, and I've just got to reassess things, realign things, and golf is not at the top of them.