Sunday, 24 August 2008 00:00
Darren Clarke has won the Dutch Open in Zandvoort, near Amsterdam with a fantastic final round of 66 and a 16 under par total.
It was a performance that knocks on Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo’s door and a reminder that the Ulsterman can provide the experience Nick may be looking for to take into battle at Valhalla.
With a record of three wins out of three in the 2006 Ryder Cup, after a long layoff because of his late wife Heather's terminal illness, Clarke's recent surge of good form, including a sixth place in the WGC at Akron, will surely impress Faldo.
It is interesting to note that Clarke’s resurgence to form has coincided with him picking up a new Yes! C Groove Putter.
Director of Instruction for Harold Swash Putting School, Phil Kenyon, who is putting coach to many of the professionals on tour and whom represents Yes! Golf tells us more.
“The putter Darren picked up in Loch Lomond this year has a prototype shaft we have been developing. It’s a black coloured shaft that has weight located in a specific area, which very much changes the properties of the club and in turn performance. Darren loved it as soon as he picked it up. The testing we have done has shown it can help improve a player’s tempo and rhythm as well as stability and consistency in their stroke. There have been a few guys out here that have tested it in practice but Darren was the first one to put it in play and he has had great results with it since.”
