Rory mooy will be reunited with wendam Clark at the BMW Championship who previously claimed he's better than him they've been drawn together for the opening round of the second FedEx Cup playoff event there may be some awkward tension at the first giving comments made by then US Open Champion Clark in the buildup to last year's rder cup he was asked about a potential matchup in Rome with mooy during a Golf Channel interview Clark made a bold statement about the northern Irishman that grabbed the headlines while he expressed I have the utmost respect for Rory it was his later comment I like to think I am better than him that sparked debate he later clarified his remarks insisting they were a reflection of his confidence rather than disrespect Clark elaborated I want everyone to know I think it was taken out of context if you listen to the whole interview I praised Rory and said how much I respect him and how good I think he is and now he's one of the best players in the last 20 years and what I said was I think I'm better than him when I'm playing good if I don't think I'm better than every player out here then what am I doing if I'm trying to be the best player in the world which is what I'm trying to be I've got to believe that right now maybe I'm not he's had a way better career than me that's obvious but I also have to have that self-belief that I can beat anyone out here on the course Clark managed to secure a victory over mroy and Matt Fitzpatrick alongside Patrick kentley in Saturday's forams at the Ryder Cup however he was defeated in his Sunday singles match by Rob McIntyre contributing to team USA's overall loss by Five Points mroy will have to put aside any potential friction with him following a disappointing performance at the St Jude Championship where he ended up 68 out of 70 players that result caused him to drop to fifth place in the FedEx Cup standings after finishing t7 at TPC Southwind Clark is now just one spot behind mroy sitting in sixth place the top 30 players after the upcoming four days at Castle pin's Golf Club will advance to the Tour Championship finale battling it out for the top $25 million 19m prize