Rest rejuvenates Clarke for ‘brutal’ course of action

BILLY FOSTER is back on the bag, he’s been on holiday for a fortnight and Darren Clarke is all set to cope with the demands of two of the biggest weeks of his season, the last major of the year at Whistling Straits and the defence of his WGC-NEC title in Akron, Ohio, next week.

He arrived in Wisconsin in good time for an early practice round and refuses to be too damning in his views about Whistling Straits.

“It is brutally difficult. I would say it is the most difficult and fairest course that I’ve played.”