Darren Clarke’s special Ryder Cup moment 👏 #golf #golfswing #golfer #golflife #golftips #golfing

Darren Clarke’s special Ryder Cup moment 👏 #golf #golfswing #golfer #golflife #golftips #golfing

I cried for 43 years and people say to you, “What’s your most special thing that’s ever happened to you in golf?” And people would expect me to say, “We’re winning the US Open with Fitz when you thought you were never going to win one.” But in it’s that moment with Dar and Clark. 6 weeks I went to Heather’s funeral. Clark has left with two young lads, probably six and four years old, whatever Tyrone and Connor were. And I got a phone call 3 weeks after the funeral. Billy, how you doing, Darren? You’re all right? Uh I want to ask you a question. Uh Wuzzy, the captain has just formed me to um see if I’ll accept a wild card to play in the Ryder Cup. what do you think? And I just said, “Well, Clark,” I said, “Obviously, it’s unbelievably traumatic circumstances this like.” I said, “If you’re asking me if your game’s good enough to play, you’re still playing great at golf. You’re good enough to play, but the one thing I’ll say to you is you got to get ready. Are you ready for this incredible atmosphere and the unbelievable emotion you’re going to go through?” No, I admire the world’s looking at you. I said, “The one thing I will say, it’s what Heather would want. Heather would want you to play and win it for her like so I’ll leave you with that thought.” And anyway, couple of days later, phone back, Billy decided to play. I’m like, “Are you for real?” Like, fair play to him. So you get there on the Monday getting the likes of Tiger and Phil Mickelson all that tears genuine tears but you know make no bones about it. You walk to that fifth tea that first tea on on the Friday for the first match. They ain’t going to give a toss about Darren Clark. They want a point for America. It’s professional sport. You can’t accept that. And I walked to the tea a minute in front of Dan uh to get a few last minute things you know bit water food wet the towel get the pin get the bib on etc. As I walked onto the middle of the te walking onto this tabletop here and I felt like Wembley stadium were built around me. Every person stood up. They’re all stamping their feet in the crowd singing all I’m getting goosebumps now. It’s 19 years ago. And I just thought, “Oh my god, how is he going to hit this opening T-shot because I just had a vision of myself hitting a foot behind it, Swiss rolling the divot just enough to and the the opening t-sh he walked on there. I’ll tell you, Concord could have flown over that first T. You would have heard it. It was incredible.” And I started crying. I’ve never cried on a golf course in my life. Even when Thomas Bejorn left in that bunker three times, I didn’t cry. But I found myself crying. I thought, “You poor sod t-shirt.” And he bombed at 310.

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