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Padraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.
Padraig Harrington Biogrpahy
After a successful amateur career, including winning the Walker Cup with the Great Britain & Ireland team in 1995, Harrington turned professional later that year, joining the PGA European Tour|European Tour in 1996.
His first victory came quickly, in the 1996 Spanish Open, but for the next few years the most remarkable thing about his career was the number of times he finished second in European Tour events without ever bettering that position,
including four second places in five events in late 1999. However in 2000 he discovered a winning touch, and he had at least one win on the European Tour each year from then up to 2004. He has finished in the top ten on the European Tour's order of merit seven times, including third places in 2001 and 2002 and second places in 2003 and 2004.
From around 2000 Harrington appeared with increasing frequency in the U.S. at the majors and World Golf Championships events, and as a sponsor's invitee. He won his first professional event in the U.S. at the Target World Challenge, a non-PGA Tour event hosted by Tiger Woods in 2002. In both 2003 and 2004 he was the runner up in the prestigious Players Championship, and in the latter year he won enough money on the PGA Tour as
a non-member to earn an invitation to the end of season Tour Championship. He took membership of the PGA Tour for 2005 and in March he won hisfirst PGA Tour official money event at the Honda Classic, where he beat Vijay Singh and Joe Ogilvie in a sudden death playoff.
Harrington has spent a considerable amount of time in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings, his best ranking to early June 2005 being sixth. He has also played for Europe in three Ryder Cup|Ryder Cups; losing in 1999 but winning in 2002 and 2004.
Later on in Harrington's career he won the Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 as well as the PGA Championship in 2008. This string of prestigious career wins jumped Harrington into the top 5 in the world.
European Tour wins
*1996 - Peugeot Spanish Open
*2000 - Brazil Sao Paulo 500 Years Open, BBVA Open
Turespaña Masters Comunidad de Madrid
*2001 - Volvo Masters Andalucia
*2002 - Dunhill Links Championship
*2003 - Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe,
BMW Asian Open
*2004 - Linde German Masters, Omega Hong Kong Open
Other wins
Professional
*1998 Irish PGA Championship (not a European Tour
event)
*2002 Target World Challenge (U.S. - unofficial
event)
*2004 Irish PGA Championship (not a European Tour
event)
*2005 Honda Classic (PGA Tour), Barclays Classic
(PGA Tour)
*2007 Open Championship (Major)
*2008 Open Championship (Major)
*2008 PGA Championship (Major)
His first victory came quickly, in the 1996 Spanish Open, but for the next few years the most remarkable thing about his career was the number of times he finished second in European Tour events without ever bettering that position,
including four second places in five events in late 1999. However in 2000 he discovered a winning touch, and he had at least one win on the European Tour each year from then up to 2004. He has finished in the top ten on the European Tour's order of merit seven times, including third places in 2001 and 2002 and second places in 2003 and 2004.
From around 2000 Harrington appeared with increasing frequency in the U.S. at the majors and World Golf Championships events, and as a sponsor's invitee. He won his first professional event in the U.S. at the Target World Challenge, a non-PGA Tour event hosted by Tiger Woods in 2002. In both 2003 and 2004 he was the runner up in the prestigious Players Championship, and in the latter year he won enough money on the PGA Tour as
a non-member to earn an invitation to the end of season Tour Championship. He took membership of the PGA Tour for 2005 and in March he won hisfirst PGA Tour official money event at the Honda Classic, where he beat Vijay Singh and Joe Ogilvie in a sudden death playoff.
Harrington has spent a considerable amount of time in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings, his best ranking to early June 2005 being sixth. He has also played for Europe in three Ryder Cup|Ryder Cups; losing in 1999 but winning in 2002 and 2004.
Later on in Harrington's career he won the Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 as well as the PGA Championship in 2008. This string of prestigious career wins jumped Harrington into the top 5 in the world.
European Tour wins
*1996 - Peugeot Spanish Open
*2000 - Brazil Sao Paulo 500 Years Open, BBVA Open
Turespaña Masters Comunidad de Madrid
*2001 - Volvo Masters Andalucia
*2002 - Dunhill Links Championship
*2003 - Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe,
BMW Asian Open
*2004 - Linde German Masters, Omega Hong Kong Open
Other wins
Professional
*1998 Irish PGA Championship (not a European Tour
event)
*2002 Target World Challenge (U.S. - unofficial
event)
*2004 Irish PGA Championship (not a European Tour
event)
*2005 Honda Classic (PGA Tour), Barclays Classic
(PGA Tour)
*2007 Open Championship (Major)
*2008 Open Championship (Major)
*2008 PGA Championship (Major)
