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Tim Clark
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Henry Clark
Born	17 December 1975 (1975-12-17) (age 34) Durban, South Africa
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College	North Carolina State University
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour PGA Tour European Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	2
Nationwide Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	2nd: 2006
U.S. Open	T3: 2005
Open Championship	T23: 2005
PGA Championship	3rd: 2003
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner	2001/02

Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer.

Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career. During this time he won the 1997 Public Links Championship to qualify for his first PGA Tour event, which was the 1998 Masters Tournament.

Clark turned professional later in 1998, and initially played on the second tier U.S. professional tour, which was then known as the Nike Tour, where he won two tournaments in 2000 to gain membership of the main PGA 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 has not yet won a tournament on the PGA Tour, but he has performed consistently, and has three top three placings at major championships. He has had three European Tour victories. He finished sole second at the 2006 Masters Tournament and sole or tied third at the 2003 PGA Championship and the 2005 U.S. Open.

Clark was a member of the International Team in the 2003, 2005 and 2009 Presidents Cup. In 2005 he reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 2001/02 season.

In Australia for three a tournament swing, he won the 2008 Australian Open in a playoff with Mathew Goggin when they were both tied at 9 under par. Neither seemed to have a chance with 4 holes to play when David Smail led at 12 under only to double bogey the next two holes. It was a very blustery day causing havoc to many golfers.

In May 2009, Clark nearly had his first PGA Tour victory in hand at the Crowne 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 and Steve Marino lost to Steve Stricker. Based on his career winnings, CBS commentators referred to Clark as the best PGA Tour player to have never won on the PGA Tour. His second place finish at the Colonial gave Clark his 35th top ten finish - the most of any current PGA Tour player without a win.

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (3)

• 2002 Bell's South African Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)
• 2005 South African Airways Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour), Barclays Scottish Open

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

• 2000 BUY.COM Fort Smith Classic, BUY.COM Boise Open

Other wins (5)

• 1998 New Brunswick Open, Canadian PGA Championship (both Canadian Tour)
• 2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational (unofficial money event in South Africa; with Vincent Tshabalala)
• 2006 CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Nick Price; unofficial event)
• 2008 Australian Open

Results in major championships

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championship events

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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

External links

• Tim Clark's official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site
• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Results in ranking events for the last two years from the World Golf Ranking site

International Presidents Cup team – 2003 Robert Allenby • Stuart Appleby • K.J. Choi • Tim Clark • Ernie Els • Retief Goosen • Stephen Leaney • Peter Lonard • Adam Scott • Nick Price • Vijay Singh • Mike Weir • Gary Player (non-playing captain)

International Presidents Cup team – 2005 Stuart Appleby • Ángel Cabrera • Michael Campbell • Tim Clark • Retief Goosen • Mark Hensby • Trevor Immelman • Peter Lonard • Nick O'Hern • Adam Scott • Vijay Singh • Mike Weir • Gary Player (non-playing captain)

International Presidents Cup team – 2009 Robert Allenby • Ángel Cabrera • Tim Clark • Ernie Els • Retief Goosen • Ryo Ishikawa • Geoff Ogilvy • Adam Scott • Vijay Singh • Camilo Villegas • Mike Weir • Yang Yong-eun • Greg Norman (non-playing captain)