Posts Tagged Padraig Harrington


A Decade Of Memories In The Majors.

The 00’s have officially passed us by and with it goes one of the most memorable decades in major championship golf history. The dominance of Tiger Woods was a hallmark of the past ten years and while the great man did produce some of the most impressive golf in major history there were other players […]

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Seve Trophy Shows Its Value

The debate over its merits often overshadows the actual event itself but the the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros (more commonly know by a slightly more romantic name: The Seve Trophy) did provide us with some talking points the weekend before last. Great Britain and Ireland won again, a fifth triumph on the bounce after […]

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Woods keen to wrap up FedEx Series title

He may not have won a major this season but Tiger Woods is still determined to go after the next best thing – victory at the Tour Championship and wrapping up the FedEx Cup series play-offs. World number one Woods heads the FedEx Cup rankings ahead of the final tournament of the play-offs in Atlanta, […]

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Els and Harrington return for Singapore swing

Ernie Els has been known as a golfer who would go to all corners of the globe to help promote the game. Not always was it to the benefit of his game. But even in the midst of a “three-year comeback” bid, the South African former British Open champion still finds time for Asia. Els […]

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Slocum slays big guns for opening FedEx Cup win

Heath Slocum nailed a 21-foot pressure putt on the 18th to emerge from a list of golfing luminaries led by Tiger Woods and win The Barclays tournament by a single stroke. Slocum barely qualified to compete in the FedEx Play-offs and the last thing he expected was to be fighting on the final day of […]

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Woods wins for seventh time at Bridgestone Invitational

Tiger Woods stared down the man who, briefly last year, was the toast of the majors, when he won the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio. The world number one shot five-under-par 65 in the final round for a total of 268 and a four-stroke victory. Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, who won two majors last season while […]

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Top 10 Report Cards

In my (admittedly) lackluster academic career through high school and university I always hated mid-terms. The end of year pressure I could deal with. I expected it. It was supposed to be there. It was the mid-year exams, those that seemed to creep up without warning right as you were getting comfortable that I hated. […]

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Harrington, Kaymer triumph ahead of Open

Padraig Harrington wanted to play in the Irish PGA Championship mainly to get in some links golf and boost his confidence ahead of the British Open. He achieved both targets in emphatic style, winning the tournament for the third straight year and eyeing a similar feat at the Open, played this year at Turnberry. Although […]

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Harrington gears up for Open with Irish jaunt

Padraig Harrington was written off at the final two majors of the year in 2008. He won both of them. He is similarly being sidelined ahead of this year’s British Open in Turnberry, especially after failing to make the cut at last week’s French Open. But the Irishman is hoping the formula that helped him […]

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Top golfers back IGF’s Olympic bid

An 18-strong group of golfing heavyweights, including Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh and Colin Montgomerie, have joined forces to throw their weight behind the sport’s bid to obtain Olympic status. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide this August in Copenhagen, Denmark on two sports that will join the Olympic fold from a list […]

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Masters Week is Here! Time For Previews and Predictions

The longest three months of the year for a fan of the PGA Tour ranges from the Mercedes Championship until the world’s best finally ascend on Augusta National Golf Club in early April. For those of us in foul weather climates, it also signals the unofficial start to the golf season. The Masters is not […]

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Harrington wins European Shot of the Year prize

His ball laying 249 yards from the hole, the imposing thought of Greg Norman lurking two strokes behind him prompted Irish Padraig Harrington to take out his five-wood earlier this year at the British Open. Little did he know at the time that the incredible shot that saw the ball land just three feet from […]

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