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Clark honors Seve at Players Championship
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10:19 AM ET 05.08 | One of the traditions launched in 2007 when The Players Championship moved to May and a new TPC Sawgrass clubhouse was built was to fly the flag of the tournament winner's country over the Circle of Champions for a year, beginning the moment he won on Sunday evening. Defending champion Tim Clark of South Africa, who won last year in stunning fashion with a weekend sprint to the top, has asked the PGA Tour to take his nation's flag down a week before usual. On Clark's direction, his agent called Players Championship media official Laura Hill Saturday evening and asked that the Spanish fly be flown atop the Circle of Champions this week instead of the South African flag, a gesture he is making to Seve Ballesteros, the Hall of Fame player from Spain who died early Saturday of a brain tumor.
Tim Clark, Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
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Flying "Spanish fly" over the clubhouse would make for interesting pairings. And RIP Seve.
mediaprof
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Here we go..................the Golf garbage threads. Totally useless. Why don't we just remove any golf comments so there's more room for spam?
Slapshot
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Class act by Clark here. Well done.
CantankerousNut
Toronto, ON
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Seve's class and dignity will be missed by all who love the game of golf.
Mozart2010
Denver, CO
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Amen. You are quite right. RIP Seve.
Slapshot
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Ditto this. RIP, Seve.
Melman
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Terrific gesture on Clark's part. Seve will be missed. A magician around the greens.
Jakester
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Just another golf thread destined for a slow death.
THE BISHOP!
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nice move.
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why not have both S. Africa and Spain???
stevekay
Motown, MI
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Seve and Freddy were my mother's favorite golfers. RIP Mom and Seve. You are missed.
stevekay
Motown, MI
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R.I.P Seve...
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Looks like Tiger's best days and winning ways may be behind him.
THE BISHOP!
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Nice move Mr Clark, as someone who is old enough and fortunate enough to have followed Seve on several occasions at golf tournaments i can tell you he was AMAZING God Bless you Seve RIP! BEAST!
BEAST!
Leander , TX
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Where the hell is John Daly?
Slouch
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Spanish Fly?
DOLFAN'77
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Spanish Fly by the Florida Times Union....DOH!
DOLFAN'77
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