Tim Clark believes he should have already achieved more victories in his career as he looks to defend his Canadian Open title this week.

The South African’s victory at the Royal Montreal Golf Club 12 months ago was only his second triumph on the PGA Tour following his success at The Players Championship in 2010.

The 39-year-old has finished as runner-up in 13 events since 2005 and is disappointed to have not secured more victories during his career.

He said: “If I look at what I’ve done through my career I should have no question won more but I think we all feel that way – but I really feel that way.”

The world number 77 admitted that he must be doing something right to have secured so many second-place finishes.

He added: “It shows I’ve played consistently good golf over the last 11 seasons but to only win twice… some of them I gave away, some of them guys played great to beat me. I don’t have too many regrets on a lot of the tournaments.”

The Durban native is playing in his third competition since recovering from elbow surgery in February and, despite the venue of the tournament in Canada having been moved to the Glen Abbey Golf Course, he remains confident he can successfully defend his crown.

“This is my third tournament back,” said Clark. “It feels better than I thought it would at this point, to be honest, and my game has come back fairly quickly. While I haven’t played much golf this year, I’m feeling pretty good about this week.”

Clark is available at 81.00 to make it back-to-back victories in the tournament whilst world number nine Jason Day has been installed as the 8.50 favourite to seal overall glory.