Giant wave of Ryder Cup cash awaiting Captain Clarke
Darren Clarke’s 2016 European Ryder Cup captaincy could be worth up to €2.7 million to him over the next year and a half. Brian Keogh reports.
He’s spent plenty, too — think of the Cuban cigars, the private jets, the sports cars. Many, many sports cars.
And yet, when at the age of 42 in 2011 Clarke won the Open, and the accompanying millions in prize money and endorsement bonuses, it was surprising to hear his manager say that “the timing could not ...