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Wed 07 Jul 2007Clarke ready to let flyGOLF:Darren Clarke has been through the mill but his game is as good as it has been for ages, he tells Philip ReidYou could be forgiven for thinking Darren Clarke had chosen a lonely vocation. Yesterday morning at the ungodly hour of 5.50am, he took his three-wood from caddie Billy Foster on the first tee and launched his first shot of a fruitful practice round he would finish just over three-and-a-half hours later with a smile on his face.