Clarke ‘gutted’ by Augusta hammer blow
The 44-year old Dungannon man yesterday pulled out of the Masters citing a hamstring tear picked up playing tennis with his children in the Bahamas two weeks ago — just the latest in a long line of mishaps that have befallen him since he achieved his lifetime dream by lifting the Claret Jug at Royal St George’s less than two years ago.
“I was playing tennis with the kids about two weeks ago and that is when I picked up the tear on my hamstring,” Clarke said yesterday. “It was just one of those freak injuries which is really disappointing.
