Captain Clarke vows to preserve true Ryder Cup spirit


  • Golf
  • Monday, 23 Mar 2015

Rory McIlroy (L) of Northern Ireland and his compatriot Darren Clarke (R) talk as they putt on the13th green during the third day of practice for the 96th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, August 6, 2014. REUTERS/John Sommers II

LONDON (Reuters) - Darren Clarke has pledged to do all he can to avoid some of the mistakes of the past when he captains Europe in the 2016 Ryder Cup in Minnesota.

The event has occasionally been marred by controversy, notably in the so-called 'War on the Shore' at Kiawah Island in 1991 and at Brookline in 1999 when U.S. players overdid victory celebrations by trampling on the line of a European putt.

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