Slimmer Darren Clarke Sheds Three Stones Using Facetime!

Okay, he wasn't carrying three stones, not technically at least, but that's how the former Open Champion described his weight loss. And there was someone on the other end of the Facetime sessions barking out orders while Darren Clarke worked out. He's forty pounds lighter and already off to a fine start at the Volvo Golf Masters.

Karl MacGinty reports:

Frustrated after fading out of contention during the closing stages of the Dunhill Links Championship and several other tournaments, Clarke mentioned it to Myerscough, chief executive of the Educogym in Dublin, during the fund-raiser.

"We got talking about it during the round and Jamie said 'Right, I'll help you'," the Ulsterman explained.

"I lift very heavy weights and food has changed. I'm taking supplements and all that carry-on, which I hadn't done before.

"I see him five or six mornings a week at 7.00 on Facetime. Jamie's in Dublin and I'm in my gym at home. There's no cardio, it's all weights, and I'm in and out of the gym in 30 minutes."