Darren Clarke has parted company with the caddie that helped him win his first Major championship in the British Open last year.
ISM, the player's management team, said that Clarke's split with John Mulrooney was amicable and had come after the pair missed the cut at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
The 43-year-old Northern Irishman doesn’t have to rush choosing a replacement as his next tournament is only in three weeks time in the WGC-Accenture Matchplay, so he will keep his options open for the time being.
Mulrooney took over as Clarke's fulltime caddie after the former Ryder Cup player won the Iberdrola Open in the middle of 2011.
Clarke has been out of sorts since his victory at Sandwich, his best result a 20th-place finish in the Volvo Golf Champions tournament in South Africa two weeks ago, but there were only 34 players in the field.
He slumped to rounds of 72 and 81 to miss the cut in the European Tour event in Abu Dhabi.
