That man had position in club associated with driving range (8)
I believe the answer is:
himalaya
'range' is the definition.
(I know that Himalaya is a chain)
'that man had position in' is the wordplay.
'that man' becomes 'Hi'.
'had position in' becomes 'malaya' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hi'+'malaya'='HIMALAYA'
'club associated with driving' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for himalaya that I've seen before include "World's highest mountain range" , "massive range" .)