Clarke presents Open medal to home club

Golfer Darren Clarke today presented his winning Open championship medal to Royal Portrush Golf Club.

He gave it to club captain Philip Tweedie at a special homecoming ceremony on the North’s north coast today.

Almost 1,000 people crowded outside the clubhouse for Clarke’s arrival at his home course where he practised before triumphing at Royal St George’s, Sandwich, Kent on Sunday.

The medal will go on display in a cabinet which already holds the one won by Fred Daly, who took the Open at Royal Liverpool in 1947. He was also a member of Royal Portrush.