Summary
THE majority of the players in the field saw their hopes washed away by a morning deluge. Darren Clarke's title bid in the GBP3 million Barclays Scottish Open disappeared in a different watery grave at Loch Lomond. For three days the big Ulsterman, bidding for his first win for nearly two years, had hardly put a foot wrong but it had disaster written all over it the second Clarke stepped into the water in a pond beside the third green.
The said water hazard wasn't even there when Clarke finished second in this event in 2003 and then again in 2005, but it's claimed its fair share of victims over the last few years. The same day even. Alvaro Quiros and Peter Hedblom had both found the exact spot in the hour before Clarke arrived on the scene. Going for the green with his second, the 41-year-old watched in anguish as it ran up the bank before toppling back down again to nestle in the water. According to a marshall, it landed in the divot left by Hedblom as the Swede ran up a 7.See the full content of this document
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Molinari Holds Off Clarke to Land Scottish Open
After surveying the situation, Clarke pulled on his waterproof trousers and gave it a swipe, probably more in hope than anything else. The ball moved but only just and, what's more, was now in a muddy lie still inside the hazard. His next attempt got up the bank a bit before running...
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