Tim Clark (golfer)

Tim Clark
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Henry Clark
Nickname	Penguin^[1]
Born	(1975-12-17) 17 December 1975 Durban, South Africa
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College	North Carolina State University
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Web.com Tour	2
Other	6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	2nd: 2006
U.S. Open	T3: 2005
The Open Championship	T23: 2005
PGA Championship	3rd: 2003
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner	2001/02

Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. His biggest win to date is 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.^[2]

He turned professional later 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.^[3]

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.^[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.^[4]

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
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
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

European Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Jan 2002	Bell's South African Open^	−19 (66-70-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Steve Webster
2	23 Jan 2005	South African Airways Open^ (2)	−15 (68-71-68-66=273)	6 strokes	Grégory Havret, Charl Schwartzel
3	7 Jul 2005	Barclays Scottish Open	−19 (67-66-65-67=265)	2 strokes	Darren Clarke, Maarten Lafeber

^ Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Jan 2002	Bell's South African Open^	−19 (66-70-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Steve Webster
2	23 Jan 2005	South African Airways Open^ (2)	−15 (68-71-68-66=273)	6 strokes	Grégory Havret, Charl Schwartzel

^ Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Dec 2008	Australian Open	−9 (70-73-69-67=279)	Playoff	Mathew Goggin

Buy.com Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
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

Canadian Tour wins (2)

1998 New Brunswick Open, Canadian PGA Championship

Other wins (4)

2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational (unofficial money event in South Africa; with Vincent Tshabalala), Tommy Bahama Challenge (with Geoff Ogilvy, Kevin Na, Justin Rose; unofficial event)
2006 CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Nick Price; unofficial event)
2012 Gary Player Invitational (with Kenny Dalglish, Alex Maditsi, Doug Jackson; unofficial Sunshine Tour Event)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13	CUT	T39	2	T13	CUT	T13
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T13	T3	CUT	T17	T48	T40
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	T23	T56	DNP	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T53	3	CUT	T17	T24	CUT	T55	T16

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT	T11	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	T12	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	T44	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T39	DNP	T11	T68	CUT	CUT

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	1	1	5	13	6
U.S. Open	0	1	1	1	4	10	6
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	9	3
PGA Championship	0	1	1	1	5	13	9
Totals	1	2	3	3	15	45	24

Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2005 Masters – 2006 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R64	DNP	R64	R64	R32	R64
Cadillac Championship	62	DNP	DNP	T18	T26	T63	T12
Bridgestone Invitational	DNP	T64	T48	T51	74	T6	T20

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Accenture Match Play Championship	R16	R16	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP
Cadillac Championship	27	T22	DNP	DNP	T60	DNP
Bridgestone Invitational	T29	T58	DNP	DNP	DNP	T50
HSBC Champions	DNP	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	2

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1994

Professional

World Cup (representing South Africa): 2002, 2005
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2003 (tie), 2005, 2009

References

1 2 Sobel, Jason (9 May 2010). "Clark prevails for maiden victory". ESPN.
↑ "Past Champions – 1997: Tim Clark". USGA. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
↑ "Tim Clark wins Australian Open in Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 December 2008.
↑ Marchesan, John (27 July 2014). "Tim Clark defeats Jim Furyk". The Globe and Mail.

External links

Tim Clark at the PGA Tour official site
Tim Clark at the Sunshine Tour official site
Tim Clark at the European Tour official site
Tim Clark at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K. J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Martin Kaymer 2015 Rickie Fowler†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Tim Clark in the Presidents Cup

International Presidents Cup team – 2003

Robert Allenby Stuart Appleby K. J. Choi Tim Clark Ernie Els Retief Goosen Stephen Leaney Peter Lonard Adam Scott Nick Price Vijay Singh Mike Weir Gary Player (non-playing captain)

Tied: 17 – 17

International Presidents Cup team – 2005

Stuart Appleby Ángel Cabrera Michael Campbell Tim Clark Retief Goosen Mark Hensby Trevor Immelman Peter Lonard Nick O'Hern Adam Scott Vijay Singh Mike Weir Gary Player (non-playing captain)

Lost: 15.5 – 18.5

International Presidents Cup team – 2009

Robert Allenby Ángel Cabrera Tim Clark Ernie Els Retief Goosen Ryo Ishikawa Geoff Ogilvy Adam Scott Vijay Singh Camilo Villegas Mike Weir Yang Yong-eun Greg Norman (non-playing captain)

Lost: 14.5 – 19.5

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