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Europe's last frontier beckons
2007-08-01 12:51:00 It's been 77 years since Tommy Armour became the last European-born player to triumph in the PGA Championship. Along with Jim Barnes (1916 and 1919) and Jock Hutchinson (1920), born in England and Scotland respectively, he had acquired US citizenship some time before his name adorned the Wanamaker trophy, however.Of the three US-based major championships, the PGA is therefore the last bastion of European exclusion. Along with Ryder Cup success, the continent has produced 20 US Open champions and 11 winners of the Masters, yet no PGA champion in the tournament's 101-year history, despite 88 attempts.A European victory in Tulsa would therefore be of far greater significance than Padraig Harrington's Open Championship triumph at Carnoustie. Fittingly, in the wake of his retirement, it would rank alongside Seve Ballesteros's Masters win in 1980 - Europe's first at Augusta - as a statement of intent; announcing the re-emergence with serious credibility of European golf on the world ...
Padraig Harrington Pledges to Win More Gold Majors
2007-07-24 18:01:00 The British Open Champion, Padraig Harrington, has said he will win more gold Majors after beating Sergio Garcia to take the British Open crown. Padraig Harrington said: “Phil Mickelson got it right when he answered questions about when he was going to win a major by saying he wanted to win more than one,” “I’ve always had it ...
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Lucky charms for Padraig Harrington at British Open, find your tempo and sa
2007-07-23 18:19:00 Click here to listen. Padraig Harrington, victor at the British Open, won the battle of the nerves yesterday against Sergio Garcia. Neither showed that they were impervious to the dreaded "choke", with Harrington losing two strokes at the final hole and ...
Padraig Harrington wins the British Open
2007-07-23 00:06:00 Paddy First at last. ================= The nearly man nearly nearlied it again. Including the egg and spoon race in his school’s sports days, Padraig Harrington has come second an astonishing 1683 times as man and boy. A record that only his wife could be pleased with. Ho, ho. After putting in a sensational final round Pod did his ...
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