Darren Clarke

Clarke joined Gary Player, Sir Bob Charles, and Tom Watson as the only men to achieve the feat with his dramatic victory at Gleneagles. The Northern Irishman, ...

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The last time Clarke raised a Claret Jug, he had such a big party afterwards he turned up looking and feeling somewhat the worse for wear for his Monday ...

As I said, to win the tournament I always wanted to win, The Open Championship, and then to win this one as a senior, this is the one I wanted to win more than anything. He just got me with a more simple swing thought and I was able to get out of my own way and I was able to do it. Fulfilling your dreams is a very lucky thing, and I've been able to do it a few times in my career.” I don't know where it comes from because if I'd been able to grab a hold of it a few more times in my career, I probably would have won a few more times. From when I turned 50, this is the one you wanted to win, so I could set it beside the other one. "Obviously very privileged," he said.

Gary Player. Sir Bob Charles. Tom Watson. And now Dungannon's own Darren Clarke.

“Last week, I was very fortunate to spend a little bit of time with my old coach, Pete Cowen, as well on the range at St Andrews. Last week didn’t quite go so well. “I was trying to grind out some pars. “You know, he helped me win the main Open, as well as Ewan (Murray), and he’s helped me win this one, too. “Same all week. He just got me with a more simple swing thought and I was able to get out of my own way and I was able to do it. With a one-under 69 in a final round, including staying switched on during a lengthy rain delay in the middle of his back nine, the 53-year-old held on to finish at 10-under-par, capped with a monster two-putt for birdie on the final hole to edge out Harrington and join those legends of the game as only the fourth player to hold two variations of the Claret Jug.

Darren Clarke completed a unique double yesterday as he clinched the Senior Open title at Gleneagles.The Tyrone man finished on ten-under-par - one shot ...