Darren Clarke won the Sanford International to claim his third PGA TOUR Champions win of the season when he beat KJ Choi with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Stewart Cink bridged an 11-year gap to his 2009 Open win when he captured the season-opening Safeway Open in California.

Darren Clarke trawled YouTube and Instagram for a tip and found a nugget that helped him fire his lowest ever round in the US — an eight-under 62 — to lie just a shot off the lead in the Sanford International in South Dakota.