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Tim Clark (born in Durban on 17 December 1975) is
a South African golfer. He took up golf at the age
of three and was taught to play by his father. He
attended North Carolina State University in the
United States, where he had a successful college
golf career. During this time he won the 1997
Public Links Championship to qualify for his first
PGA Tour event, which was the 1998 Masters
Tournament. 

Clark turned professional later in 1998, and
initially played on the second tier U.S.
professional golf tours|professional tour, which
was then known as the Nike Tour, where he won two
tournaments in 2000 to gain membership of the main
PGA Tour for 2001. His 2001 campaign was cut short
by a wrist injury after just three events. He made
a comeback in 2002, and had the benefit of a major
medical exemption which enabled him to enter
enough events to comfortably regain full exemption
for 2003. He has not yet won a tournament on the
PGA Tour, but he has performed consistently, and
has finished sole or tied third in two majors, the
2003 PGA Championship and the 2005 U.S. Open
(golf)|U.S. Open.
 
Clark was a member of the International Team in
the 2003 Presidents Cup. In 2005 he reached the
top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, making
him the third highest ranked current South African
golfer behind Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.

==Professional wins==
*2000 Buy.com Fort Smith Classic,  Buy.com Boise
Open (both Buy.com Tour)
*2002 Bell's South African Open (co sanctioned by
European Tour and the Sunshine Tour)
*2005 South African Airways Open (co sanctioned by
European Tour and the Sunshine Tour), Barclays
Scottish Open

==External links==
*http://www.tim-clark.com/ Tim Clark's official
site
*http://www.pgatour.com/players/intro/149529
Profile on the PGA Tour's official site


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