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. As a senior, Dennis has won several times on the European Senior Tour.
Amateur career Dennis played college golf at the University of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University.
Professional career In 1986, Dennis turned professional. He 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.
Senior career Dennis finished in a tie for second place in the 2017 European Senior Tour qualifying school to gain his place on the tour. Dennis played in the 2017 U.S. Senior Open and the 2017 Senior Open Championship. 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.
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.
Awards and honors
In 2017, Dennis earned Rookie of the Year honors for the European Senior Tour In 2017, Dennis was the Order of Merit winner for the European Senior Tour
Professional wins (9) Nike Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Oct 10, 1993Nike Bakersfield Open−14 (64-69-69=202)Playoff Jim Furyk, Sonny Skinner
Nike Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult11993Nike Bakersfield Open Jim Furyk, Sonny SkinnerWon with birdie on first extra hole
Other wins (2) 1988 Nevada State Open 1992 Texas State Open
European Senior Tour wins (6) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other European Senior Tour (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Sep 10, 2017Senior Italian Open−7 (67-70=137)Playoff Peter Fowler2Oct 8, 2017Dutch Senior Masters−2 (69-72-70=211)1 stroke Paul Eales, Carl Mason, Andrew Oldcorn3Jun 17, 2018Senior Italian Open (2)−13 (67-67-69=203)Playoff Rafael Gómez4Dec 9, 2018MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)−23 (63-66-64=193)8 strokes Magnus Persson Atlevi5Jul 21, 2019WINSTONgolf Senior Open−15 (70-68-63=201)1 stroke José María Olazábal6Jun 9, 2024Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy−17 (66-66-66=198)4 strokes Scott Hend
European Senior Tour playoff record (2–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12017Senior Italian Open Peter FowlerWon with birdie on first extra hole22018Sharjah Senior Golf Masters Peter Fowler, Thaworn WiratchantWiratchant won with par on fourth extra holeFowler eliminated by par on first hole32018Senior Italian Open Rafael GómezWon with par on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenCUTT43T6CUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUT Note: Dennis never played The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.
Results in senior major championships Results not in chronological order Tournament 2017 2018 20192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA Championship73NTCUTCUTT59CUTCUTThe TraditionNTU.S. Senior OpenCUTCUTT38NTCUTT55T38CUTSenior Players ChampionshipT14The Senior Open ChampionshipT31T32T46NTT16T27T33T25T22T32
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also 1989 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1990 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins
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