Clarke Finally Changes His Tune On Greens ; a Short Lesson From Olazabal Puts the Ryder Cup Star in Contention in the Desert [Eire Region]

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FOR the past two years, there has been a common theme of Darren Clarke's comments to the media at the end of a round. 'I hit the ball beautifully, but couldn't putt,' the Dungannon man would say with monotonous regularity as he slipped down the world rankings and was reduced to vice captain at the ryder Cup in Wales.

But yesterday after signing off for a 67 to lie within one shot of the leaders at European Tour's new Volvo Golf Champions event in Bahrain, he finally changed his tune.

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Clarke Finally Changes His Tune On Greens ; a Short Lesson From Olazabal Puts the Ryder Cup Star in Contention in the Desert [Eire Region]

A putting lesson earlier in the week from Spanish short game wizard Jose Maria olazabal has yielded dividends. As he chases joint leaders Paul Casey and Peter Hanson today, Clarke believes he has a realistic chance o...

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