‘Boring’ day for Darren and Paul

DARREN Clarke raised hopes that he might be able to capitalise should Tiger Woods and the other leaders falter in the final round when he shot a delightful third round of 67 on Saturday.

However, he completely failed to ignite yesterday, managing a single birdie at the 9th and also carding bogeys at the 8th and 14th. So his closing round of 73 was possibly as uneventful and boring as it could possibly have been and perhaps that was the reason Clarke declined to speak to the press.

Instead he rushed to Leuchars military airport to catch a flight by private plane that had him back in his Surrey home in good time for supper.