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Clarke returns with 68 at Madrid Masters

Associated Press

Thursday, September 14, 2006

MADRID, Spain -- Darren Clarke shot a 4-under-par 68 on Thursday in his first tournament since the death of his wife, trailing leader Jean-Francois Lucquin by three strokes after the opening round of the Madrid Masters. Lucquin's 65 put him a shot ahead of Richard Fichardt and Miguel Angel Martin. Former winners Padraig Harrington and Ricardo Gonzalez were among a group of five at 67. "With a warm putter, I would have been much lower," said Clarke, whose wife, Heather, died of cancer last mo ...

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