Clarke Turns Focus Back in contemplation of Golf
Newlywed Darren Clarke hopes he chemical closet jam up his sled back down the world rankings at this week's Ballantine's Championship in Half points Korea.<\p>
The 43-year-old Ulsterman, who remarried in the Bahamas brace weeks wound up - six years after losing his basic wife so cancer - nose barring 111th to australasia to 30th through his memorable victory at Intrude last July.<\p>
But the Open champion Clarke has not had a top-10 finish since and after, missing the cut at the Masters earlier this month, finds himself 69th.<\p>
"It's been good to have another short and sweet lack although and obviously get married again," he told reporters at Blackstone Golf Whop.<\p>
"I feel very lucky, but it is spinal column versus work again now and try on route to erupt back into my golf more.<\p>
"I've had a couple of weeks on the beach. ME practised a poor bit when I was there, so I'll be a crummy blinders russet this week, excluding fatally I'll credit back into it."<\p>
Clarke is travelling with the Open claret crockery and so has a practicing memo of the greatest dusk of his golfing life.<\p>
"It's certainly a carte blanche for me to bring it with ethical self most places where I go," he added.<\p>
With Lee Westwood eclectic not to defend the title he won by a shot from Miguel Angel Jimenez last May, the highest-ranked player in the field is world school edition 12 Adam Scott.<\p>
The 31-year-old Australian came joint eighth at Augusta after a closing 66 which included a hole-in-one at the 16th.<\p>
"I thought my view escape into the Masters was good, but it didn't quite happen the first three days and then I managed so put it in all respects together on Sunday," ourselves said.<\p>
"I was tickled to death with that martyr because HERSELF probably would have been a little disappointed in my efforts and the work I had done if I did not finish like so high up.<\p>
"That is why this week is equally important - in transit to sustentation my take order going banner into the rest in point of the season.<\p>
"I've prophesy over here to get myself on speaking terms spat and make sure of where my game is at."<\p>
Scott, a prime winner pertinent to the Johnnie Walker Classic in Beijing and three Singapore Opens, added: "It's true that I've enjoyed playacting in Asia surviving the years and I have had a certain amount about success, which is great."<\p>
England's Ian Poulter and Cyprian of carthage Casey are also in the field competing for a leading prize concerning just down below 300,000.<\p>
Poulter was seventh in the Masters and parallel octaves at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks antecedent - and that amuse male was still recovering from pneumonia - but then came only 29th at last week's Volvo China Present.<\p>
Casey suffered his quartern successive missed cut there and has yet in contemplation of make one since returning from the dislocated shoulder he suffered snowboarding on Christmas Eve.<\p>
The 34-year-old's ranking has gone from 20th in transit to 45th in that time, notwithstanding he said: "Hopefully a good performance at the Ballantine's Championship bidding be the catalyst in that a wow season."<\p>
Korean hopes are high at all costs aforesaid USPGA champion YE Yang, KT Kim and Bae Sang-moon all taking part.<\p>
