Clarke’s engine cuts out down in Deep South
Clarke brought the curtain down on a six-tournament run in the past seven weeks with a second-round, six-over-par 76 at Atlanta Athletic Club that sent him out of the final Major of the year at 14 over par, following a first-day 78.
Significantly, the one down week in that run came immediately after his maiden Major championship victory in the British Open at Royal St George’s last month and though the celebrations were understandable given his long wait for that big breakthrough, part of the burden of lifting the Claret Jug has impacted his subsequent form.
