Golf: Clarke closes 19-year gap in winning

Darren Clarke, the 32-year-old from Dungannon, won the £2.6m Smurfit European Open Championship at the K-Club to close a 19-year gap since John O'Leary won the Irish Open at Portmarnock.

Clarke carded a final round of 66 for a tournament total of 15 under par 273 and a three-shot win over Padraig Harrington, Thomas Bjorn and Ian Woosnam.