Clarke ready to drive for show in US Open

DARREN CLARKE is the US Tour’s best driver of a golf ball this year. That is a fact, not an opinion.

And it is a fact the Irishman hopes to use to his advantage in this week’s US Open at Olympia Fields, near Chicago.

In seven appearances across the Atlantic so far this season Clarke has averaged 294.5 yards off the tee and has hit 71.1% of fairways.