Tim Clark (Golfer)

Tim Clark (Timothy Henry Clark, born December 17, 1975 in Durban ) is a South African professional golfer of the North American PGA TOUR.

Career

At the age of three years, his father brought the golf playing. In 1994 he played in the South African team in the Eisenhower Trophy. Later in the U.S., he attended North Carolina State University and had a successful career as a college golfer. Clark won the 1997 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, thus qualified for the Masters at Augusta in 1998 and then began his professional career.

He initially began working at the regional Canadian Tour, where he won twice, then played on the Buy.com Tour ( second power level) and qualified after two tournament wins for the 2001 season on the Senior PGA TOUR. Due to an injury of the wrist and subsequent surgical intervention Clark was in his first season, only join three tournaments. But he was allowed to remain on the tour by a medically justified exceptional player eligibility. Clark has still not won a PGA Tour event, but made ​​by three Top 3 finishes in majors attention to himself -. Least a second place in the Masters 2006 He also has three tournaments, which belong to the European Tour, can decide for won, the money list the Sunshine Tour in the 2001/ 02 season, and is located in the world Golf Rankings currently among the top 50 in May 2010, Clark won the Players Championship, which is his most important success.

Tim Clark played several times in the International team at the Presidents Cup and represented his country at the WGC - World Cup in 2002 and 2005.

His caddy, Gary Matthews, itself is an excellent golfer who wins the series as off the tour discharged Caddie Championships.

Clark has his residence in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Tournament Win

Participation in team competitions

• WGC - World Cup ( South Africa ): 2002, 2005
• Presidents Cup ( International team ): 2003, 2005, 2009

Results in Major Championships

DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10