Clarke stoical as he eyes up major
Darren Clarke, one of the hapless Englishman's playing partners, was as shocked as anybody else when Owen rushed a 20-inch putt on the 17th green and missed it to run up a double-bogey five. He had lost his two-stroke advantage over Rodney Pampling and a bogey at the last handed the title to the Australian.
The other Irishman was Owen's caddie, JP Fitzgerald, and he was more than just shocked at the way a significant tournament and a sum in the region of half-a-million dollars had been thrown away.
