Clarke benefits from stroke of luck

Everyone needs some luck now and again and Darren Clarke definitely had some this morning as he closed in on the overnight leaders at the Smurfit Kappa European Open.

Four behind Bradley Dredge and Niclas Fasth after his opening three-under-par 69 at the K Club’s Smurfit course near Dublin, Clarke was convinced that his second shot of the day had gone into the lake by the 10th green.