The Ulsterman claimed the Senior Major at Gleneagles in 2022 with a birdie at the 18th hole for his first Legends Tour title to add to his Claret Jug from Royal St George’s in 2011.
Clarke is in an elite group of just four players to have won both The Open and Senior Open titles including Bob Charles, Gary Player and Tom Watson.
In 2023 he finished 5th at the Kitchenaid Senior PGA Championship and was 8th at the JCB Championship, although predominantly plays his over 50’s golf on the PGA Tour Champions where he has won four times.
Clarke played 577 events on the DP World Tour, winning 14 times, while he took 27 titles worldwide across his career including victory over Tiger Woods in the 2000 WGC-Matchplay Championship.
Darren was given the honour of hitting the opening tee shot at The Open in 2019 when it returned to his home club of Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951.
A stalwart of the European Ryder Cup team, Clarke appeared five times from 1997 to 2006 and led the side at Hazeltine as captain in 2016.
In 2002 he launched the Darren Clarke Foundation to help junior golf in Ireland and find future Irish stars of the sport and he was made an OBE in 2012 for Services to Golf.