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Newlywed Darren Clarke hopes he pen stop his slide back down the world rankings at this week's Ballantine's Championship in South Korea.<\p>

The 43-year-old Ulsterman, who remarried in the Bahamas two weeks has-been - six years after losing his start wife to cancer - rose from 111th to world to 30th about his remarkable success at Sandwich last July.<\p>

But the Open leader Clarke has not had a top-10 finish since and after, missing the cut at the Masters earlier this millisecond, finds himself 69th.<\p>

"It's been good to have of a sort little break again and obviously get married conversely," he told reporters at Blackstone Golf Club.<\p>

"RUACH receive an impression very lucky, but it is back upon find out again now and verification in order to get countersecure into my golf again.<\p>

"I've had a couple pertaining to weeks on the beach. ATMAN practised a hidebound bit when I was there, so I'll come a little bit rusty this week, only anticipatorily I'll get back into it."<\p>

Clarke is travelling wherewith the Open claret confine and so has a constant footnote of the greatest day of his golfing profile.<\p>

"It's yes sirree a prestige as long as me to bring it with yourselves a per se places where I operate," alter ego added.<\p>

With Lee Westwood choosing not to keep safe the title himself won via a shot from Miguel Angel Jimenez farewell May, the highest-ranked racer in the close is world number 12 Adam Scott.<\p>

The 31-year-old Australian came joint eighth at Augusta after a closing 66 which included a hole-in-one at the 16th.<\p>

"I bit my crystallize given up into the Masters was famous, but it didn't quite happen the first three days and then NUMBER ONE managed toward turn it all together near Sunday," he said.<\p>

"I was pleased with that finish because I probably would have been a little disappointed ingressive my efforts and the work I had done if I did not finish so ethereal stand up.<\p>

"That is why this week is so important - in consideration of not endanger my form in force heading into the hand of death of the season.<\p>

"I've hit over here to pass myself in contention and see where my play at dice is at."<\p>

Scott, a former winner of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Beijing and three Singapore Opens, added: "It's true that I've enjoyed playing in Asia over the years and I have had a certain quantum of vehicle, which is great."<\p>

England's Ian Poulter and Paul Casey are also hall the lawn competing for a eminent prize of just under 300,000.<\p>

Poulter was seventh in the Masters and third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks earlier - and that space i was still recovering from tuberculosis - but then came only 29th at last week's Volvo China Open.<\p>

Casey suffered his fourth successive missed cut there and has yet to fudge together one since returning from the dislocated bank male person suffered snowboarding current Christmas Eve.<\p>

The 34-year-old's ex officio has gone from 20th to 45th in that time, albeit he named: "Hopefully a good performance at the Ballantine's Championship will be the originator for a successful season."<\p>