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Mon 09 Sep 2006Friend, foe and fan hold Clarke in fond embrace
Ryder Cup: The ropes came down and for the first time the fans broke free and flooded up the 16th fairway to where Darren Clarke stood over what would be his last putt of this Ryder Cup.
Players friends, fans, officials, family, they had all made their way across the iron foot bridge and under the glade of trees to be there, close at hand. That Sweden's Henrik Stenson had minutes before on the 15th green sank the putt that earned Europe their third triumph in succession was scarcely relevant. They all instinctively gravitated to Clarke in the quietest corner of the golf course.
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