Awards & Winners

Darren Clarke

Date of Birth 14-August-1968
Place of Birth Dungannon
(United Kingdom, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council)
Nationality Northern Ireland
Profession Golfer
Darren Christopher Clarke, OBE is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. His biggest victory came when he won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's in England, his first major win after more than 20 years and 54 attempts. Clarke has also won two World Golf Championship events, most notably the 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship, when he defeated Tiger Woods in the final. Clarke was ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 43 weeks between 2000 and 2002. His highest finish on the European Tour money list is second, which he achieved in 1998, 2000 and 2003. Clarke is currently ranked as the seventh highest career money winner on the European Tour. Clarke has represented Ireland as both an amateur and as a professional, notably at the World Cup and Alfred Dunhill Cup, and was a member of five consecutive European Ryder Cup teams between 1997 to 2006.

Awards by Darren Clarke

Check all the awards nominated and won by Darren Clarke.

2012


Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

Nominations 2012 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

2011


Nominations 2011 »

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

2006


Nominations 2006 »

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award