- His 12th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 387th start.
- Gains his second European Tour International Schedule victory in 2008, following the BMW Asian Open.
- First time since 2000 that Clarke has recorded multiple victories in the same European Tour season, when he won the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship and The English Open
- Record multiple victories in the same season for the third time in his European Tour career. The years are: 1998, 2000 and 2008.
- Becomes the seventh multiple winner of the 2008 season. They are Tiger Woods (Dubai Desert Classic and World Golf Championbship - Accentue Match Play Championship and US Open Championship), Richard Finch (Michael Hill New Zealand Open and The Irish Open), Miguel Angel JImenez (UBS Hong Kong Open and BMW PGA Championship), Martin Kaymer (Abu Dhabi Golf Championship and BMW International Open), Padraig Harrington (The 137th Open Championship and the US PGA Championship), Graeme McDowell (Ballantine's Championship and The Barclays Scottish Open) and Darren Clarke (BMW Asian Open and The KLM Open).
- The eighth Irish victory of the 2008 European Tour International Schedule. The most in a single European Tour season. They are: Graeme McDowell (Ballantine's Championship and The Barclays Scottish Open), Damien McGrane (Volvo China Open), Darren Clarke (BMW Asian Open and The KLM Open), Peter Lawrie (Open de Espana) and Padraig Harrington (The 137th Open Championship and the US PGA Championship).
- First time in European Tour history that three Irish players have recorded multiple victories in the same season - Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke.
- The Netherlands now becomes the eighth different country Darren Clarke has won in on the European Tour. They are: Belgium, China, England, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and the United States.
- First Irishman to win The KLM Open since The European Tour began in 1972.
- Moves to 15th with €1,000,126 in The European Tour Order of Merit. This is the sixth time in his European Tour career he has amassed over €1million in a single season - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2008.
- Moves to 56th in the Official World Golf Ranking from 90th.
- Moves to 1,009,788 in the European Tour Ryder Cup Points Table.
- The 32nd victory for Northern Ireland on The European Tour.
- Seventh top ten finish of the season and 110th of his European Tour career.
- His 19th win as a professional.
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