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Gareth Fullerton

Darren Clarke opens up on "first and worst job" after car bomb scare during Troubles

Darren Clarke has spoken about his "first and worst job" after he narrowly avoided a car bomb outside a nightclub in his hometown of Dungannon over 30 years ago.

The former Open champion was working as a bartender at the Inn on the Park when a bomb went off at the premises just before Christmas, 1986.

A teenager at the time, Clarke had taken the job to try and fund some of his golf career to ease the financial burden on his mum and dad.

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