Darren Clarke Quotations

I wish I could repeat it a little more often.

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.

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,

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.

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.

I have a feeling I might get lucky after coming so close last year.

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.

Hopefully we don't build our hopes up too much, because we don't want to do that,

I finished fourth at Houston the next week, didn't I?

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.

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.

I'm hitting it nicely and I'll try to keep it going. There are a lot of people who want to win this a lot more than I do. I would love to do it myself, but it's not that important.

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.

Usually, par for me on Thursday here is 82.

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

We had a few chats. Personal issues. If you ever have to go through it, you'd know.

I am naturally extremely proud to be selected as European Ryder Cup captain for 2016, european Ryder Cup has been a massive part of my life and my career so to have the chance to lead Europe next year is a huge honor.

That's the nature of sport, if you look at how Europe has performed they have found a way to win but golf is cyclical and there's not much between the teams.

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.

Forest of Arden was great for me. I couldn't finish outside the top five there no matter how hard I tried!

I can't believe I've done what I've done.

Just making sure the boys are okay is my priority in life, and that takes up all of my time right now.

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

Two under is pretty good after two rounds here. I was very comfortable and relaxed out there, just taking what the course gives me.

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.

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

This is probably one of my favorite events on the tour, if not the most favorite event on the tour. I enjoy the whole place. I really enjoy the golf course.

I left three or four out there, but I played nicely again.

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.

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.

I didn't quite expect myself to be in as good a position as I am.

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.

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.

It's a pretty regular question that you just asked, why we haven't won them. We just haven't performed as we need to.

It's a pretty regular question that you just asked, why we haven't won. We just haven't performed as we need to. Hopefully, someone is going to end up winning sooner rather than later.

It's been a frustrating year where I haven't managed to win so it's great.

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.

He played fantastically. A 64 was the worst score he could have possibly shot. I've lost a six-shot lead, at the 1999 European Open, but he's going to be hard to catch. He's playing unbelievably well.

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.

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

Heather's condition is day by day. She is undergoing intensive chemotherapy.

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,