The Shark Shootout
2009 Leaderboard |
| | FINAL ROUND | | Place | Team | Score |
| 1 | Kelly/Stricker | -26 |
| T2 | Holmes/Perry | -25 |
| T2 | Leonard/Verplank | -25 |
| T2 | Campbell/Clark | -25 |
| T5 | Flesch/Johnson | -23 |
| T5 | Fisher/Poulter | -23 |
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| Tim Clark |
 | Full Name: Tim Clark | | Height: 5-7 | | Weight: 165 | | Birthdate: December 17, 1975 | | Birthplace: Durban, South Africa | | Turned Professional: 1998 | | College: North Carolina State University |
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| Statistics (through 2009) |
| PGA TOUR Victories | | None. |
| Nationwide Tour Victories | | (2) 2000 BUY.COM Fort Smith Classic, BUY.COM Boise Open. |
| International Victories | | (3): 2002 Bell's South African Open [Eur]. 2005 South African Airways Open [Eur], Barclays Scottish Open [Eur]. |
| Other Victories | | (1) 2006 CVS Charity Classic [with Nick Price]. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | | $2,015,105 (36) |
| Current Year Highlights | | Posted a 6-under 64 on the final day of the Sony Open in Hawaii to finish T12...Came back the following week with five rounds in the 60s, including a 63 in the third round, to finish T5 at the 50th Bob Hope Classic...After beating Tiger Woods, 4 and 2, in the second round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, lost to Rory McIlroy, 4 and 3, in the third round to finish T9...Shot 69s in the second and final rounds to finish T9 at THE PLAYERS Championship...Bogeyed final hole at Crowne Plaza Invitational to fall into three-way playoff with Steve Stricker and Steve Marino. Missed 7-foot birdie putt to win at first extra hole. Stricker won on second extra hole with birdie-3 after Clark's second shot struck the pin and caromed 20 feet away. It was is seventh career runner-up finish. Final-round was the only round in the 70s all tournament by any player finishing in the top 10. |
| Career Highlights | | 2007: Limited starts due to bulging disk in his neck, but continued to play effectively...Held a share of the 36-hole lead at the Masters Tournament before finishing T13...One off the 54-hole lead of Nathan Green at the John Deere Classic, opening with rounds of 68-65-66. Held a four-stroke lead
early on the back nine, but stumbled down the stretch with two bogeys to shoot 68 and finish T2, one stroke behind Jonathan Byrd...One week later at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, played in the final group on Sunday for the second consecutive week. Finished T2, four shots behind champion Joe Ogilvie. Former N.C. State golfer finished second in both events to former Atlantic Coast Conference college rivals Byrd (Clemson) and Ogilvie (Duke)...Shot a front-nine 29 (seven birdies, one bogey) in the final round on the way to a 67 and a T5 finish at the BMW Championship...At THE TOUR Championship, tied the East Lake GC course record in the first round with an 8-under-par 62 (later broken by Zach Johnson's 60). Held the 18-hole lead and finished T7 to place 21st in the final FedExCup standings on the strength of five top-10s. 2006: In fifth career Masters appearance, holed out from a greenside bunker for birdie on the 72nd hole to finish second, his best finish in a major championship, two strokes behind champion Phil Mickelson. Briefly held the lead early Sunday in rain-delayed completion of third round. 2005: Captured two international titles, played in his second Presidents Cup and participated in THE TOUR Championship for the first time...Captured the South African Airways Open in his native country for the second time. Came into the final round in a four-way tie for first and final-round 6-under 66 was good for a six-stroke victory...Followed the win and a 30-hour journey from South Africa to Palm Springs and finished T2 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic...Finished T3 at the U.S. Open thanks to a pair of even-par 70s on the weekend...Recorded a two-stroke victory over Maarten Lafeber and Darren Clarke at The Barclays Scottish Open...Posted a 2-2-1 record for International squad in second Presidents Cup appearance. 2004: Continued strong play in his third full season as a TOUR member. Recorded a then-career-high six top-10s...Best finish of the season was T5 at the Valero Texas Open. 2003: In defense of first European Tour title, finished second to Trevor Immelman at the South African Airways Open in early January...Named to The Presidents Cup team by International Captain Gary Player after third-place finish at PGA Championship. Trailed co-leaders Shaun Micheel and Chad Campbell by four entering final round, and 1-under-par 69 fell three strokes short of Micheel. 2002: Took advantage of Major Medical Extension due to wrist injury that limited his 2001 campaign to three events. Had 26 events to earn $384,602 and almost doubled that with $632,609...Won the Bell's South African Open on the European Tour/Southern Africa Tour in January. Won the pre-qualifying tournament earlier in the week, becoming the first qualifier to win on the European Tour since Paul Lawrie captured the 1999 British Open...Captured the Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit based on five top-10s and one victory...Collected his first top-10 finish in only his eighth professional TOUR start, with a T9 at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans...T6 finishes at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill and Disney Golf Classic jumped him up the TOUR money list from a bubble-position of No. 126 to No. 106 to clinch TOUR card for 2003. 2001: Withdrew after first-round 79 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, effectively ending season in which he played just three events. 2000: Earned first TOUR card by finishing third on the Nationwide Tour money list. Captured two titles, at the Fort Smith Classic and Boise Open. 1999: Made the Nationwide Tour Championship and finished T23 after opening with a 77. 1998: Missed cut as an amateur at his first TOUR event, the Masters, where he earned a spot via 1997 U.S. Public Links title...Won back-to-back events on the Canadian Tour, the New Brunswick Open and CPGA Championship. Amateur: Won 1997 U.S. Public Links Championship...Two-time NCAA East Regional Individual Champion (1996 and 1997)...1997 ACC Player of the Year...T5 at 1996 NCAA Championship and T7 in 1998 NCAAs...1996 CGAA National Freshman of the Year...Won 1997 Cardinal Amateur (Greensboro, NC) when he played 54 holes without a bogey and finished 15-under-par 195 for a tournament record. |
| Personal | | Recorded his first hole-in-one when he was age 8...Donated his first-place share of approximately $20,000 at the November 2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational to a deaf girl from the Carel du Toit School for the Hearing Impaired in Tygerberg, South Africa who needed implant surgery. "It put into perspective what
life is all about - and it's not about all those putts I'm able to put away or miss at the crucial stages of an event, but life in general," Clark said. |
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