Tim Clark
Clark at the2009 U.S. Open
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Henry Clark
Nickname	Penguin[1]
Born	(1975-12-17)17 December 1975 (age 49) Durban,South Africa
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Spouse	Candice
Children	2
Career
College	North Carolina State University
Turned professional	1998
Former tours	European Tour PGA Tour Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	12
Highestranking	14 (16 April 2006)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	2nd:2006
PGA Championship	3rd:2003
U.S. Open	T3:2005
The Open Championship	T23: 2005
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner 2001–02

Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South Africanprofessional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. His biggest win wasThe Players Championship in 2010, which was also his first PGA Tour win.

Clark was born inDurban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attendedNorth Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career, winning ACC Player of the Year in 1997. During this time he won the 1997U.S. Amateur Public Links to qualify for his first major, the1998 Masters Tournament.^[3]

Clark turned professional in 1998, and initially played on the second tier U.S.professional tour, which was then known as theNike Tour, where he won two tournaments in 2000 to gain membership of the mainPGA Tour for 2001. His 2001 campaign was cut short by a wrist injury after just three events. He made a comeback in 2002, and had the benefit of a major medical exemption which enabled him to enter enough events to comfortably regain full exemption for 2003. He captured his first PGA Tour victory at the2010 Players Championship, becoming only the second golfer to make the Players his first Tour victory. He has had threeEuropean Tour victories. He finished sole second at the 2006Masters Tournament and sole or tied third at the 2003PGA Championship and the 2005U.S. Open.

Clark was a member of the International Team, captained by fellow South AfricanGary Player in two of three appearances, in the 2003, 2005 and 2009Presidents Cup. Player dubbed him the team's "bull dog" in reference to his dogged determination and refusal to give in or let go. In 2005 he reached the top 20 of theOfficial World Golf Rankings for the first time. He won theSunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 2001/02 season. He has played Gary Player's annual charity event in South Africa to help raise funds for needy children and personally paid for a little girl's cochlear ear implant so that she could hear after winning the event in 2005. In Australia for a three-tournament swing, he won the 2008Australian Open in a playoff withMathew Goggin when they were both tied at 9-under-par. Neither seemed to have a chance with four holes to play whenDavid Smail led at 12-under only to double-bogey the next two holes.^[4]

In May 2009, Clark nearly had his firstPGA Tour victory in hand at theCrowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, but he bogeyed the 18th hole to force a playoff. On the first hole of that playoff, he missed a 7-footer which would have given him the victory. Then, on the second playoff hole, he andSteve Marino lost toSteve Stricker. In May 2010, Clark picked up his first PGA Tour title in his 206th start, after eight runner-up finishes, at the2010 Players Championship. Clark came from three behind with a final round 67 to win by a stroke overRobert Allenby. At the time, Clark was the highest-earning player without a win, earning $14.7 million and having eight runner-up finishes.^[1]

On 11 August 2013, in the final round of thePGA Championship atOak Hill Country Club, Clark made ahole-in-one on the 220-yard, par-3 11th hole. On 27 July 2014, Clark won theRBC Canadian Open, finishing one stroke ahead ofJim Furyk. This was his second PGA Tour title and first victory in more than four years. He birdied five out of the last eight holes to come from three strokes back in the final round. The win moved Clark back inside the world's top 100.^[5]

A left elbow injury hampered Clark for much of 2015 and 2016. Clark last played the 2016 CareerBuilder Challenge and has a career money list exemption available. His career earnings are over $23.9 million.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 May2010	The Players Championship	−16 (68-71-66-67=272)	1 stroke	Robert Allenby
2	27 Jul2014	RBC Canadian Open	−17 (67-67-64-65=263)	1 stroke	Jim Furyk

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Steve Marino,Steve Stricker	Stricker won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2014	WGC-HSBC Champions	Bubba Watson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Jan2002	Bell's South African Open1	−19 (66-70-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Steve Webster
2	23 Jan2005	South African Airways Open1 (2)	−15 (68-71-68-66=273)	6 strokes	Grégory Havret,Charl Schwartzel
3	10 Jul 2005	Barclays Scottish Open	−19 (67-66-65-67=265)	2 strokes	Darren Clarke,Maarten Lafeber

¹Co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2003	South African Airways Open	Trevor Immelman	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2014	WGC-HSBC Champions	Bubba Watson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Jan2002	Bell's South African Open1	−19 (66-70-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Steve Webster
2	23 Jan2005	South African Airways Open1 (2)	−15 (68-71-68-66=273)	6 strokes	Grégory Havret,Charl Schwartzel

¹Co-sanctioned by theEuropean Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2003	South African Airways Open	Trevor Immelman	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Dec2008	Australian Open	−9 (70-73-69-67=279)	Playoff	Mathew Goggin

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2008	Australian Open	Mathew Goggin	Won with par on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Aug2000	Buy.com Fort Smith Classic	−16 (67-66-65-66=264)	3 strokes	Lee Rinker
2	17 Sep 2000	Buy.com Boise Open	−15 (66-67-69-67=269)	6 strokes	Patrick Burke,Steve Haskins

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	16 Aug1998	New Brunswick Open	−27 (63-67-67-64=261)	1 stroke	David McKenzie
2	23 Aug 1998	CPGA Championship	−16 (71-70-62-69=272)	Playoff	Chris Tidland

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	27 Nov 2005	Nelson Mandela Invitational (withVincent Tshabalala)	−17 (63-64=127)	4 strokes	Trevor Immelman andGary Player
2	20 Jun 2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (withNick Price)	−19 (61-62=123)	Playoff	Brad Faxon andMike Weir

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (withNick Price)	Brad Faxon andMike Weir	Won with birdie on second extra hole

CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

• Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2005 Masters – 2006 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2010	The Players Championship	3 shot deficit	−16 (68-71-66-67=272)	1 stroke	Robert Allenby

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa):1994

Professional

• World Cup (representing South Africa):2002,2005
• Presidents Cup (International Team):2003 (tie),2005,2009

• 2000 Buy.com Tour graduates

• Tim Clark at thePGA Tour official site
• Tim Clark at theSunshine Tour official site
• Tim Clark at theEuropean Tour official site
• Tim Clark at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

• South African male golfers
• Sunshine Tour golfers
• PGA Tour golfers
• European Tour golfers
• NC State Wolfpack men's golfers
• Korn Ferry Tour graduates
• South African expatriate golfers in the United States
• Golfers from Durban
• South African people of British descent
• 1975 births
• Living people
• Presidents Cup competitors for International

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