Howard Clark (golfer)

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Howard Clark

Personal Information
Birth	26 August 1954 (1954-08-26) (age 53) Leeds, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Nationality	England
Residence	Knaresborough, England
College	None
Career
Turned Pro	1973
Current tour	None
Professional wins	13 (European Tour: 11, Other: 2)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T37: 1997
U.S. Open	CUT: 1992
British Open	T8: 1981
PGA Championship	T80: 1996

Howard Clark (born 26 August 1954) is an English golfer who played on the European Tour for many years and had his most successful period in the mid 1980s.

Clark was born in Leeds, England. He learned the game from his father, who was a scratch amateur. He won the 1971 British Boys Championship and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1973 Walker Cup. He turned professional that year and joined the European Tour in 1974. His first professional tournament win came in the 1976 TPD Under-25s Championship and his first win on the European Tour was two years later at the 1978 Portuguese Open. Clark's final tally of European Tour wins was eleven, including pairs of wins in four consecutive seasons from 1984 to 1987. He also won the individual title at the World Cup of Golf in 1985. His best placing on the Order of Merit was third, which he achieved in both 1984 and 1986. His form fell away in the early 1990s, but revived for a time in the middle of that decade, and he made the top twenty of on the Order of Merit in 1994 and 1995. His last season on the tour was 1999 and he subsequently worked as an on course commentator for Sky Sports.

Clark played in the Ryder Cup six times and was on three winning European teams and also the 1989 team which tied the match and retained the Cup.

Contents 1 Professional wins 2 Results in major championships 3 Team appearances 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Professional wins

European Tour wins (11)

• 1978 (1) Portuguese Open
• 1978 (1) Madrid Open
• 1984 (2) Cepsa Madrid Open, Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship
• 1985 (2) Jersey Open, Glasgow Open
• 1986 (2) Cepsa Madrid Open, Peugeot Spanish Open
• 1987 (2) Moroccan Open, PLM Open
• 1988 (1) English Open

Other wins (2)

• 1976 TPD Under-25s Championship
• 1985 World Cup (individual title)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T13	T44	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T37	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T32	T8	CUT	T26	T52	T47	CUT	T62	T28	T13
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T80	CUT	T21	CUT	CUT	69	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T80	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

• Walker Cup; (amateur): 1973
• Ryder Cup; 1977, 1981, 1985 (winners), 1987 (winners), 1989, 1995 (winners)
• Alfred Dunhill Cup; 1985, 1986, 1987 (winning team), 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995
• World Cup; 1978, 1984, 1985 (individual winner), 1987
• Hennessy Cognac Cup; 1978, 1984 (winners)
• Four Tours World Championship; 1978, 1984 (winning team), 1985, 1986

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most European Tour wins

[edit] External links

• Profile on the European Tour's official site