Clive Clark (golfer)

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Clive Anthony Clark (born 27 June 1945) is an English professional golfer and more recently a broadcaster and golf course architect.

Clark started playing golf at the age of 12. He was a Junior Member at both Scarborough North Cliff and Ganton, both golf clubs being in Yorkshire, England. His dedication to the sport resulted in early success, being runner-up in The Boys' Championship and in successive years was Captain of the British Boys' Team against Europe, and later Captained The English Youth's Team vs Scotland.

He progressed in his late teens to be successful in major Amateur Championships. Clive was a winner of The Brabazon Trophy (The English Amateur Strokeplay), the 72-hole

Clark turned pro in 1965 and won The Danish Open the following year. In 1968, he won the

After his long career in professional golf, Clark spent 18 years as a golf commentator for BBC Television alongside Peter Alliss. During that period, he also worked on several occasions for CBS Television on The Masters in Augusta. He was also an announcer for The Australian Open (for the Australian Broadcasting Company) and The Million Dollar Challenge in South Africa (for the South African Broadcasting Corporation).

Clark and

• 1965 Brabazon Trophy (3-way tie), Lytham Trophy (tie with Michael Bonallack), Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

this list may be incomplete

• 1966 Danish Open
• 1968
  Agfacolor Film Tournament, Bowmaker Tournament
• 1970 John Player Trophy
• 1974
  Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball (with Peter Butler
  )

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1972	French Open	Barry Jaeckel	Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Masters Tournament					CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T3	CUT		T17	CUT	T11	CUT	CUT

Note: Clark only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1968, 1971 and 1974 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1965 (tied)
• St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1964 (winners)
• European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1965

Professional

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1973

• Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates