Clarke sets sights on World Championship hat-trick

DARREN CLARKE tees off today in pursuit of something only Tiger Woods has achieved and something which every other golfer can currently only dream of – a full set of World Golf Championship individual titles.

Four days after watching stablemate Lee Westwood continue his remarkable return to form, Clarke hopes to turn the spotlight back on himself at the American Express championship in Atlanta.

The Ulsterman wants to add the trophy to the Andersen Consulting matchplay he won in California in 2000 by memorably beating Woods in the final - and the NEC Invitational he dominated in Ohio in August.