'A sad state of affairs' - Senior Open leader Darren Clarke calls for tours to talk with LIV Golf

Star names are massing at the top of the leaderboard, with Darren Clarke heading the charge at the halfway stage of the Senior Open. Clarke arrived at Gleneagles on the back of a missed cut in the Open Championship last week, but he has looked extremely sharp on the King’s Course. Ad/> He backed up an opening round of 65 with a 67 on Friday to open up a two-shot lead.

3M OpenFinau in the hunt as Grillo tops clubhouse lead at 3M Open4 HOURS AGO Clarke finished his second round in a bullish mood, after getting away with hitting the bank with his second shot on 18, and his game plan is to keep finding fairways to give himself the opportunity to go flag hunting. «I'm trying to hit a lot of fairways and give myself decent looks,” Clarke said. “All the way around the back nine, I kept hitting nice shots.

And could have been a few better. But, you know, it's the way it is. »With the fairways being as good as they are, as tight as they are, you can really nip one.

So it gives you an opportunity. If you keep it in the fairway around here, you can score.” 'Put myself in the history books' — Els urges Smith to reject LIV Golf riches 'He has never yelled at me once' — caddie LaCava opens up on relationship with Tiger Clarke also gave his views on LIV Golf, with the Saudi-backed series disrupting the sport, and called on the warring factions to get together to heal the fractures in the game. “Just for the sake of the game as a whole, it would be nice if some dialogue could take place,” Clarke said.

“That would be for the benefit of everyone. I’m not that smart, I’m not involved and it’s nothing to do with me. “But it’s a sad state of affairs for the game right now, so let’s hope it can be resolved one way or the other.” Second Round