Sixteen years ago, Tim Clark got on a plane for a place hed never heard of before and couldnt find on a map even if he had a GPS.
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graduated from North Carolina State and was embarking on his professional
career. He landed in Moncton to play the New Brunswick Open and without the
benefit of a practice round, won the tournament. A week later, in London, Ont.,
again without the benefit of a practice round – this time because hed spent the
previous three days celebrating his first win – he did it again, capturing the
CPGA Championship. Those two wins jump-started his pro career and so it was
appropriate that the South African golfer returned to Canada to notch another
victory, the RBC Canadian Open. This time around, he knew how to get to Montreal
although the celebration could be similar. "The irony of it, it could be the
place of my first win and my last," he said, throwing out a little dark humour
perhaps pointing to the looming long putter ban in 2016. "Thats pretty
interesting. To come back here, yeah, full circle, thats 16 years ago when I was
just cutting my teeth as a professional." It seems as if Clark has learned a lot
in that period. He put together a sensational Sunday back nine at Royal Montreal
to reel in and pass Jim Furyk to earn the victory. Clark started the day three
behind Furyk and was still that many back when they headed for the back nine.
But birdies on 11 and 12 got him to within one. Two more birds on the 14th and
15th put him into the lead and standing in the fairway on 18, he was a shot
ahead and had the tournament in his hands.However his approach landed 44 feet
from the hole and his first putt wasnt really cozy; he left himself a
stomach-turning six feet. But when Furyk missed his 12-foot birdie putt, the
38-year-old Clark made no mistake. "That was a big swing there," he said,
admitting that he was thinking more of the tournaments hed lost than the ones
hed won while standing over his putt. "I didnt want to have to go into the
playoff knowing that he can take it over the water (on 18) and I have to play
out to the right." Thats right, chalk up one for the short hitters – Clark
averaged just 269 yards off the tee (which made clearing the water on the 18th
at Royal Montreal impossible). And give another tick mark to the long putter
posse. Clark is a card-carrying member of both outfits and a win from either of
those groups is becoming rare these days on the PGA Tour. "I didnt quite have it
with my golf swing or the putter," Clark said of his opening nine holes, "but
making the turn I was still only three back so I was still in the tournament and
I knew it looked like Jim wasnt going to make any mistakes so I knew I had to
make birdies and sometimes that can be easier when you know you have to be
aggressive. At that point, [I had] nothing to lose and like I say, I suddenly
just got hot and went with it." Furyks loss marked the 16th time in his career
that hes frittered away a 54-hole lead, including the last seven consecutively.
He hasnt won since 2010 and at 44, he will likely have fewer and fewer chances.
"Im obviously disappointed," he said. "Ive got no one to blame but myself. It
was a benign day and 69 is not a bad round by any means, and only making two
birdies, I let a couple guys back into the tournament that if they go out there
and fire a 66 or 67, its a done deal." Now Clark is a talented player, but hes
been a little short on PGA Tour wins. Hes managed to earn $22 million yet this
was just his second victory. It took him 206 starts to notch his first win, the
Players Championship in 2010, where he also came from three back on the last
day. After that he struggled, underwent elbow surgery and missed basically an
entire year. And then he had kids and hes also had to worry about what to do
with his long putter, which hes used since college. So its not a big surprise
that he needed another 78 starts to grab the second victory. But this was a
tournament he was exceedingly proud to win, even if he did manage to drop the
trophy shortly after it was presented. "Its certainly one Ive wanted to win for
a long time," he stated. "Any national open championship to me is special,
particularly to those people for their country." That would include his wife,
Candice, who happens to be from Toronto originally. Clark knows a thing or two
about national opens too. While hes short on PGA Tour wins, he does have a
handful of national titles, including his own, the South African Open. And he
has a Scottish Open and an Australian Open. Those, of course, go along with that
all-important first win, the New Brunswick Open. Full circle indeed.
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