Darren Clarke's Open Destiny

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before 6:30am tomorrow morning. Portrush on the north coast of

Northern Ireland is one to Darren Clarke. -- home to Darren Clarke.

You are good boys, yes, yes? After living in London for most of his

career, he has recently moved back for good. His sons, Conor, and

Tyrone, Mark enjoying life surrounded by family, including

Darren's sister reeled sprays the boys. With financial security I

unlucky, not just for me but for the boys, they a going to be fine.

I feel incredibly fortunate to be Darren is getting ready to build

what will be his dream house, on a site which he bought over 15 years

ago. It goes all the way down over their, and that is where the house

is going to be. It is a lot of work. It is a big site. It will be nice

whenever it is all done. It is great. I know that this is not

where I grew up, but Portrush is very special to me because my

father started taking the up here when I was 12, playing golf at

Royal Portrush. I can see the golf course and it is just nice. This is

home, this will always be home, once we get it finished and get it

done. The other house has been perfect in the meantime, but this

one will be really nice. By the time we get it done and get it

finished. It was on the links of Royal Portrush, where Darren Clarke

shot to prominence as a teenager. After a glittering amateur career,

he told professional, at the age of And it was not long before he

became one of the world's best players. He famously beat the

former world number one Tiger Woods in the year 2,000. Darren Clarke

won many tournaments around the world and millions of pounds of

prize money. But one thing eluded Supporting him every step of the

way was his wife, heather, and their were many happy times. They

built a life together in England, bringing up their boys. But the

family's world was turned upside down when heavy was diagnosed with

breast cancer at the end of 2001. She lost a brave battle with the

influence almost five years later, aged 39. -- with the illness. Six

weeks after heather's death, Darren Clarke made an emotional return to

golf in Ireland. There will never be anything that I had to do after

the Ryder cup 2006 that will be more difficult but get it fulfilled

what I wanted to do, so that was as tough as it will ever be.

inspired you have to beat America in the Ryder cup. -- inspired

Europe. I expected to play, but the feeling has never been more thrust

upon me and I had to deal with it. I had no idea how difficult it was

going to be. I look back and I think, that is one of my proudest

moments in my golfing career, to The Open Championship is called's

biggest event. -- golf's biggest event. Darren Clarke arrived as a

rank outsider despite winning a tournament earlier in the year.

Most of the focus was on his fellow countryman, Rory McIlroy, playing

in his first event since winning the US Open, four weeks earlier.

The but the favourite's challenge was blown off course. Darren Clarke

now, on the tenth. It is Darren Clarke who excels, finding his form

of old. Wonderfully struck! This for the second successive 68.

Beautiful, beautiful! He is joint leader at end of the second round

and one shot ahead of the chasing pack, after a day three. I think

that is just about the best shot we have seen today. Darren has had a

couple of opportunities to win the Open before, but he blew his chance.

Can he hold is now on the final day this time? -- hold his nerve.

fans were wonderful. The Matt was much shouting and roaring, and

stuff. But at the same time, I was cool, calm and collected and I knew

exactly what I needed to do. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final

day of the 148 Open Championship. On the tee, from Northern Ireland,

Darren Clarke! My thought was that I would go out and play my best,

The the course give me a couple of breaks back in my direction on

Sunday. Quickly over it. No doubt. He three holes to go, four shots

clear, and the might rise again, and the Claret Jug gets closer

still. The crowd was mad shouting and roaring and stuff, and then my

mental arithmetic went out of the window, and I can down a bit and I

thought, I have got four putts from you to the Open Championship. --

from here. My father was there. Alison was standing right behind

moment that. -- behind mum and dad. I have been they are few a lot of

ups and downs in his golfing career, and I have seen how disappointed he

gets when it does not work out, and I always try to be positive and say,

don't look back, look for what, you don't know what is coming round the

corner, so I always try to be as positive as they possibly could.

There is somebody up there watching down as well, so, to everybody,

thank you very much. Heather was looking down at me, saying, I told

you so, I told you so, and I have got Alice and now, telling me, you

can do it, you can do it. -- Allison now. She would be very

proud of the two boys, and I think that is the most important thing.

And Darren reveals one Clare who has congratulated him from long

distance. It was great that Tiger Woods would take time out to text a

mate and say, go about it this way, go about it that way. He was very

Feeling good, Darren? Yes. Yes! Go on! One of my oldest mates, from

a very, very long time from South It was all about the Claret Jug. He

will have time to Saviour it later. Well done, again. Thank you very

much. Hello, son. Well done, darling. For Darren's mum and dad,

the sacrifices they made have all been worthwhile. We didn't have

holidays or anything like that. We had to put all our money behind the

travelling, the expenses, and everything else. But, I mean, at

the end of the day, it was well worth it. He's paid me back lots

and lots of times, you know, over the years. This here means more

than money or anything else could do. It's just - we are so thrilled

and delighted for him. I've had lots of fantastic moments with

Darren winning tournaments, all these years since he's turned pro,

this is just the pinnacle. This is just fantastic. We're just

delighted. That's a good picture. Alison, your go. We had it the

wrong way round. That's a great picture there. What a pretty

picture. Thank you. It's all a bit of a haze. As you will probably see

when you are reviewing the programme. Is it was a brilliant

haze. It was... You know, you ask anybody if they strive to get their

lifetime goal, and they get it, it's almost like, "wow, I did that".

OK. Shoot. Fantastic. Thank you. Open Champion. He will prove to be

a most popular winner. His close bond with the fans was sealed...

We've had a great night, loads of fun. All great. Looking forward to

get home to Northern Ireland? Get home and see my boys. I want

them to hold the jug. When they get hold of it that will be great.

That's a proper legend. Before he goes home, Darren returns to the

Royal St George's course for a photo call and a press conference.

Is there nobody here? Well done, son. Thank you very much. Do you

mind a photo? Shoot. He has been branded, labelled as an

underachiever all his life, only because he was so good. If a normal

achiever had achieved what he achieved they would be an achiever.

It will be an interesting time much he may go on and win lots now. If

he actually just admits now he's the champion golfer of the year, it

could be a great time. How much sleep did you get last night?

I've not been to bed yet. It's now 9.10 am, I probably won't get any

sleep until tomorrow at some stage. He put his time. In he is popular

in South Africa, Japan, Asia. He has put his time in and gone to

these places. You only have to see the range of texts I had, and where

they where from, and realise how many friends he made all over the

world. To be the Open champion as well he will have a great time.

That was all right. That was good. Look up there. Look up there. Still

there. How does that feel seeing that? That's OK. You see that bit

at the top Open Championship. That's the biggest, best tournament

of the world. To win is just fantastic. Darren is getting --

getting to 40 and 42 when you start preparing for life at the end of

his career. So, in fact, this weekend he should have commented.

The deal was, if he missed the cut or played early on the weekend he

would commentate in the afternoon, which pass a nice break for him.

Course design. Ryder Cup captaincy. Why should he be Ryder Cup captain,

he will want to be playing. achieved it for so many people. The

people that wrote me off a few years ago, to prove them wrong.

Which I did. But, most of all, to prove it to myself that I always

knew that I had the talent to become a Major champion. I always

hoped I would be in a position where I could become a Major

champion. And I did it. I got myself in the position. I did what

I had to do. APPLAUSE

Thank you very much, thank you. Have you been on the Guinness?

haven't slept yet. Thanks again. You are welcome. Thank you very

much, thank you. Thank you. Cheers. Darren is flying home on the same

private jet which brought Graeme McDowell and illicit back to

Northern Ireland after their won their Major championships. Winning

tournaments around the world, which I've been fortunate to do, that's

great. That's wonderful. Ching, ching. There only is Four Majors a

year. They are what they want. To get my hands on one, this one, of

all of them, is very, very special. You can be a good player, and win

whatever you want, you are not really a great player until you win

at least one Major. Did I doubt my ability to contend and challenge

for them? No. Did I think I was going to win one? No idea. In my

hearts of hearts I knew my time was running out to try and win one. I

managed to get over the hurdle. I I had 300 odd text messages. I'm

slowing going them right now. Reading what everyone is saying. A

little bit emotional some of them. Blah, blah, it's great. Just home

as Open Champion is a bit different, isn't it? Seeing the boys and let

them get their hands on this, it will be just brilliant. Let them

see what I've tried to do. Just get There's the two of them. Look at

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What about ya? Well done. Well done. My boys are, they are the about all

and end all. Playing golf is fantastic, you get to travel all

over the world doing it, but they're more important than any

golf tournament. Very emotional to see the kids and stuff, but

brilliant. It's going in my bedroom. Where are you going to put it?

bedroom. He did. He did. To have them, I don't know, watching it and

coming back home, giving them the trophy and Connor sleeping with it

on his pillow, brilliant for them. What does that say. Dad. Dad. As if

any parent will say, if you can make your kids proud that is what

anyone will try to do. I think that's what I managed to do. Hold

it up. Darren's sister, and the rest of the family, are also

waiting to congratulate him. Great. So proud. Well done uncle Darren.

Thank you. It's good for them to have something positive to happen,

and I'm sure this will hold a very special place in their hearts for a

long, long time. Fantastic. Delighted for you. Delighted.

Brilliant. We know how much it means to him and how much he's

missing Heather. She would have been a part of it here. Time has

moved on. He's always worked hard over the last five years. He had a

slump in his golf. He always worked as hard as he ever did. It's great

to see him turn this corner. He has Alison now he his fiancee life, I

think, just couldn't get any better. It was a sad time in his life to

lose Heather, the mum of his two boys. I didn't know him and I met

him a considerable time afterwards. I think he had time to grieve. He's

always talked about her. He is very open. We have an honest

relationship. It's good to communicate much we will always

talk to the boys about mum and who they look like and all the rest.

She's never very far away. Lots of words of advice at the time saying

your kids are unbelievibly resilience. They will always

remember and move on with things. They have done. I'm incredibly

proud of them. To have them looking after them along with their own two

kids is wonderful. The two of them get on with Alison unbelievibly

well. I mean, they hug her and kiss her before they go to sleep and all

that sort of stuff. I'm lucky to have a very good setup at home now

again. Connor with it over his shoulder. It's all for them. Make

it is worthwhile? So much more meaningful when you see that, isn't

it? Oh, Connor. Are you not letting it go, are you? No. Give it a hug.

Give it a kiss. You're not getting it back. They can have it.

imagine you don't care? No. It's all for them, not for me. It's for

them. They've been waiting for great anticipation from last night.

Waiting for their daddy to come home. All morning it was, "what

time is daddy coming home? Where is he? Has he left England" they were

waiting patiently for him much they are delighted to see him and see

the Claret Jug. It means a lot. They are all golfers. The four boys

all golf themselves. They are so much into the golf. They know what

it means to their dad as well, it's fantastic. The game of stkpwofl

very fickle. It gives it takes away. It gives and it takes away. I've

had my share of down times. Especially, of late, you know,

Alison has been there for me through thick and thin thin. She

knows the way I've been feeling as does Andrea and Davey and the kids

and stuff. They come in here, maybe I'm not in the best of humour and

stuff, they can sense it. But, you battle on and battle on and battle

on. You look at it now, that's sitting here. The celebrations

aren't quite finished yet. You are staying here. The last golfer from

Northern Ireland to win the Open was another from Portrush Fred

Great to be warmer going, back in the world of the best people, and

having a bit of fun. We will let the Claret Jug sit here in the

middle of the table. I'm seeing the picture of Fred Daly there holding

the Claret Jug. It is fantastic. The next morning, back at Darren's

House, everyone is preparing for his own coming to Portrush golf

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Darren, how are you feeling about getting down to Portrush today?

will be good. An opportunity for those two with the job, good job. -

It has got all the great legends of I cannot believe there is that many

Very good, thank you. About you? Brilliant, just brilliant.

Unbelievable. I decided to come here and the on the outside looking

in. I remember what it was like Tommy coming to Portrush. It is

amazing to watch than and coming in today. It is great to be a. And for

three non-Irish meant to do that, all about two weeks ago, we said it

was amazing for two not on Irishmen to win back-to-back US Open

Championships, which is incredible, but to say, three Northern Irishman

now, I am lost for words. -- That was wonderful that so many

people took the time out to come Yes,... First of all, this comes

straight from Darren, he wants to make a special presentation to the

captain of Royal Portrush, Philip Tweedie. To give you a gold medal

for winning the Open, and for those of you who have not been here

before, there are a couple of cabinets on your way up the stairs,

and then one of them is Fred Daly's gold medal from 1947 and they want

this one to go beside it, so it is going to Royal Portrush. That is

for you, all yours, put it in the cabinet! To get back to my

favourite golf course on the planet and be there, with Fred Daly 1947,

and with the heroics of G Mac, to be down at Portrush, it is

fantastic. Thank you. Look at that. You Old it up, go on! -- hold it up.

Brilliant. Isn't it? Isn't it? Look at all those people, all here, just

to see you and that cup - brilliant. Don't drop it, don't drop it! You

look around that there might of kids here, people on their holidays,

and obviously, the map wanted to show their congratulations to him

and all the rest, but it is great and hopefully it will encourage

more youngsters to take it up. I put moving back to Northern Ireland

has put a different perspective on his life, he is more can now than

what he used to be, and hopefully it will stay that way. You're on

candid camera! Are you are not going the wrong direction? Are you

not better off that way? I am not telling you your job, but... Let me

Congratulations! Thank you, Darren, well done, we're very proud of you.

I stopped to sign as many things as I possibly could. Darren! Darren!

Can you say my top? We had people coming up non-stop, saying, saying

this, do this, do that, I had been used to it. Thank you. Thank you

very much. Thanks, Darren, well done. Thank you, sorted, done.

Thank you, guys. Some big names on that provision. Well done. This was

one of the first ones, you have to go backwards. 1990, I am on there,

there it is. Just before, could to get your name on that trophy, this

one is not bad, but that is a proper big trophy - I have got my

name on both of them! Seriously, this is all over whelming. It is, a

Tonight, Darren is hosting a party for family and close friends, and

he wants to look good for the big Here, have a little touch of that,

because you're going to have it lots of times. You're going to have

it lots of times. You will be owning that lots of times. She said

that, that wasn't me! Yours is bigger than his! Would you swap

that one for that one? Yes, you would, yes you would! No, no!

would take either. Not yet! It is amazing how the last four weeks has

unfolded, myself winning this trophy, one year after G Mac won it,

then Darren coming along three or four weeks leader and winning the

Open. It is just incredible. And it is great to be here. Darren has

waited a long time for one of these things. Much longer than you!

now he can columns of a Major champion for the rest of his life

and no one can take that away from him. When you think back we first

met when I was 13 years old and here we are ten years later. You

get a four-two, there are guys playing well into the old age, but

you never know who's going to win one, and who is not. I don't know

if I'll be playing golf when and 42. I have been at it so long. But to

see Darren winning after so many years, I suppose it gives you a lot

of belief that you can go on for a Go on, monkey! Come on. Born. On

And you, thank you. Thank you. What The 2011 Open champion, Mr Darren

Clarke! Once again, the 2011 Open APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Graeme

McDowell, who is from Portrush, arrives to join the celebrations.

think of his career the ball that we have had three Major

Championship winners from Northern Ireland, suddenly out of the blue,

and for a small country like this to be able to say that is an

amazing feat, in terms of watching those other two winning the us, it

was fantastic. Did I want to join them in the Majors club? Of course

I did. Just stick your hand in your pocket. A I don't even know what to

I have known them both for a long time. And now and can join them as

Soon, it is time for Darren to start getting ready to go back to

work. Well, at least think about it. As you can see, this is the bit

that I use all the time, not! But it is all here, for when the notion

does take me. The room that I had it been over in England, it was, I

don't know, five times the size of this, it was nice and spacious, it

is a little bit tight in here, but I have got over the thing that I

need whenever I have edge we decide to maybe use it! As the years go

buy do you have to keep up the fitness? It is something that I get

into it, then I leave it, and get into it, and then leave it, but

Bonnier -- for me it is more preventative now, I need to be in a

little bit better shape than I am to avoid injuries. -- it is not