Clarke spurred on by bad press

Darren Clarke today gave an extra reason why he enjoyed his win in Shanghai on Sunday so much.

Clarke spurred on by bad press
Wed, 30 Apr, 2008 - 16:21

Darren Clarke today gave an extra reason why he enjoyed his win in Shanghai on Sunday so much.

The Ryder Cup star still remembers that a journalist wrote last year that he was “continuing his inexorable slide towards oblivion”.

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