You know him as an Open Champion, the Irishman who lifted the claret jug at Royal St. George’s, and the tour pro who now competes under the Bahamian flag. But the version of Darren Clarke most people never see lives at The Abaco Club in the Bahamas. For The Golfer’s Journal No. 36, Tom Coyne spent a day with Clarke at his home base: the private range he built to chase perfection, the salt flats where he hunts permit at sunrise, and his regular seat at Flippers.
