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Clark Dennis

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Clark Dennis
Personal information
Full nameClark Sherwood Dennis
Born (1966-02-14) February 14, 1966 (age 58)
Houston, Texas
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Southern Methodist University
Turned professional1986
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nike Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
European Senior Tour6
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1995
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 1998
U.S. OpenT6: 1994
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
European Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner
2017
European Senior Tour
Rookie of the Year
2017

Clark Sherwood Dennis (born February 14, 1966) is an American professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour from 1990 to 2000. He had one win on the Nationwide Tour and a best finish of tied for third place on the PGA Tour. He was tied for sixth in the 1994 U.S. Open. He qualified for the 2017 European Senior Tour where he had two tournament wins and won the John Jacobs Trophy as the leader of the Order of Merit.

Amateur career

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Dennis played college golf at the University of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University. He turned professional in 1986.

Professional career

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Dennis played on both the PGA Tour (1990–91, 1994–95, 1998–99) and Nationwide Tour (1993, 1996–97, 2000). His best finishes on the PGA Tour were a pair of T-3, at the 1990 Hawaiian Open and at the 1998 Kemper Open. His best finish on the Nationwide Tour was a win at the 1993 Nike Bakersfield Open. His best finish in a major was at the 1994 U.S. Open.[1]

Dennis finished in a tie for second place in the 2017 European Senior Tour qualifying school to gain his place on the tour.[2] Dennis played in the 2017 U.S. Senior Open[3] and the 2017 Senior Open Championship.[4] In September 2017 he had his first success on the European Senior Tour, winning the Senior Italian Open. The final round was abandoned because of a waterlogged course. Dennis and Peter Fowler were tied after two rounds and a playoff was arranged on the 18th hole, played as a par three from the fairway. Dennis won at the first playoff hole with a birdie. The following month he won the Dutch Senior Masters, his second win on the tour. He had six other top-5 finishes during the season and won the John Jacobs Trophy as the leader of the Order of Merit.[5]

In June 2018 he retained the Senior Italian Open. Rafael Gómez led by two strokes with one hole to play but bogeyed the final hole while Dennis made a birdie. Dennis then won at the first playoff hole after Gómez made another bogey. He had his second win of the season in December at the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius where he was 23-under-par for the three rounds, winning by eight strokes.

Professional wins (9)

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Nike Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Oct 10, 1993 Nike Bakersfield Open −14 (64-69-69=202) Playoff United States Jim Furyk, United States Sonny Skinner

Nike Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1993 Nike Bakersfield Open United States Jim Furyk, United States Sonny Skinner Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

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European Senior Tour wins (6)

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Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 10, 2017 Senior Italian Open −7 (67-70=137)* Playoff Australia Peter Fowler
2 Oct 8, 2017 Dutch Senior Masters −2 (69-72-70=211) 1 stroke England Paul Eales, England Carl Mason,
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn
3 Jun 17, 2018 Senior Italian Open (2) −13 (67-67-69=203) Playoff Argentina Rafael Gómez
4 Dec 9, 2018 MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius) −23 (63-66-64=193) 8 strokes Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
5 Jul 21, 2019 WINSTONgolf Senior Open −15 (70-68-63=201) 1 stroke Spain José María Olazábal
6 Jun 9, 2024 Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy −17 (66-66-66=198) 4 strokes Australia Scott Hend

*Note: The 2017 Senior Italian Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

European Senior Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2017 Senior Italian Open Australia Peter Fowler Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2018 Sharjah Senior Golf Masters Australia Peter Fowler, Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant Wiratchant won with par on fourth extra hole
Fowler eliminated by par on first hole
3 2018 Senior Italian Open Argentina Rafael Gómez Won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT T43 T6 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT

Note: Dennis never played The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in senior major championships

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Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition NT
Senior PGA Championship 73 NT CUT CUT T59 CUT
U.S. Senior Open CUT CUT T38 NT CUT T55 T38
Senior Players Championship T14
The Senior Open Championship T31 T32 T46 NT T16 T27 T33 T25
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bamberger, Michael (June 25, 2001). "Fresh Start: Clark Dennis nearly won the '94 Open. He was a different man at this one". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 94, no. 26. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "McGovern wins Q-School by six; dedicates victory to inspirational uncle". Irish Golf Desk. February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "U.S. Senior Open: Full Leader Board". USGA. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex: Entry List". European Senior Tour. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "Clark Dennis awarded the John Jacobs Trophy". European Senior Tour. December 10, 2017.
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