Darren Clarke fails to qualify for U.S. Open

European Ryder Cup hero Darren Clarke will not compete in the upcoming U.S. Open, having failed to qualify for the event. It is the first time in 10 years Clarke, who went 3-0 last year in the Ryder Cup Matches a month after his wife died of cancer, has not qualified for a major championship …

In related news, Anthony Kim won an 11-man playoff at Ohio’s Scioto Country Club to qualify for the U.S. Open yesterday. Ryan Moore and Bubba Watson were also among the 24 players to qualify for the event …

Stanford’s golf team won the NCAA tournament by 12 shots last weekend for their first golf championship since 1994. The win is a sign that the program, which was a dominant force in college golf when Tiger Woods played for Stanford in the mid 1990s, is back on the right track under the stewardship of third-year coach Conrad Ray …

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