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analysis Self-deprecating comments about his weight fail to disguise the Northern Irishman's title ambitions, writes Nick Rodger
Like a pair of ill-fitting trousers around Darren Clarke's waist, things are getting pretty tight as the 140th Open Championship reached its halfway stage at a baking Royal St George's. "My manager has always said that I play better when I'm fat so I've been trying to adhere to that theory," chuckled Clarke, after waddling into a share of the lead at the end of a day which saw the qualifiers for the closing 36-holes, of which there were 71, separated by just seven strokes.See the full content of this document
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Bulk Carrier Still Steaming Ahead
While the English world one-two of Luke Donald and Lee Westwood were among a host of big names to miss the cut and the timeless Tom Watson shone like the sun with a hole-in-one on the sixth, Clarke posted a second successive two-under 68 in the perfect,...
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