Chilled out Clarke will give it his best shot

TEN days of chilling out with his wife and family on the exclusive island of Abaco in the Bahamas have helped put Darren Clarke into the most relaxed frame of mind he's ever been in going into a major tournament.

To be able to spend that amount of time with Heather, who was given permission to suspend her latest course of chemotherapy, and sons Tyrone and Conor, proved to Clarke that there are more important things in this world than major golf tournaments.

"She's doing well at the moment," Darren reported.