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Handicap: 3. When I was single, I got down to scratch and stayed there a few years.

How much do you play? During the season, I try to play once on the weekend, and if I’m lucky I can take my boys out to hit balls once during the week. I try to play in about four tournaments (four-balls) a year, and I’ll try to get in some extra practice leading up to the tournament.

When/why did you take up the game? My dad [the late Bill Clark, co-founder of CDI Contractors Inc.] started me playing when I was about 6 years old. He really had a passion for the game and enjoyed taking me out and I enjoyed going with him. I’ve basically played my entire life. My father told me that all the other sports were fun to play but golf would be something I could enjoy all my life.

Where do you play? The Alotian Club.

What’s your best score? I’ve shot 3-under once on three different courses. I’ve never been a guy who could go really low. I was 3-under in match-play through 16 holes in the CCLR club championship 15 years ago.

If you had to choose one state amateur partner in a four-ball, who would that be? Probably Stan Payne.

If you could partner with one PGA pro, who? The obvious answer would be Tiger. I’d pick him just to watch his game.

“Caddieshack” or “Tin Cup”? “Caddieshack”

What’s your best golf memory? I won the first Alotian Club championship and my dad was there watching my last two matches.

If you couldn’t be playing golf you’d be ….? Bass fishing.

What type clubs do you play/prefer? I don’t care what kind of clubs I hit as long as nobody takes my Ping Anser 4. It’s a 25-year-old putter. I traded a friend of mine a 1-iron for it, and I’ve never taken it out of my bag.

What’s the best course you’ve played? Augusta National. I shot 71 from what was a cross between the member tees and tournament tees. We played the par 4s from the member tees and the par 3s and par 5s from the tournament tees. This was 12 years ago, before they made it ridiculously long.

What’s the course you’d love to play that you haven’t? Pine Valley.

What’s the best hole in Arkansas? There are a lot of singular golf holes that are outstanding. If there is one that I enjoy playing most, it’s No. 14 at Alotian. It’s scenic, a great risk-reward par-5 hole, and birdie is a very good score on it. You can make between birdie and double bogey very easily. A tough hole.

If they held a tournament of the top CEOs/businessmen in Arkansas, who would win it? A couple of years ago, I’d say my dad. Today, I’d say Louis Lee.

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