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Event: WGC-NEC Invitational

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Clarke: Tiger the best the world has ever seen

DARREN CLARKE last night stood up for Tiger Woods and gave the former world number one a ringing endorsement as a human being and not just a golfing machine with myriad personal problems to solve.

Darren Clarke wins Open Championship

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Darren Clarke wins Open Championship

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Irish players to tee off at Invitational

There are three Irish golfers involved in this week's WGC-NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

Euro stars lack commitment, says Faldo

SIX-TIME Major winner Nick Faldo says too many of Europe’s leading golfers lack commitment when it comes to trying to win a Major.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

Curtis meets his match

BRITISH Open champion Ben Curtis has himself double booked this Saturday — he plays the third round of the $6 million WGC-NEC Invitational and then rushes off to get married to longtime sweetheart Candace Beatty.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

Woods shrugs off rumours of slump

TIGER WOODS brushed aside suggestions he is in a slump at the NEC world championship in Akron yesterday insisting he is playing some of the best golf of his career.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

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