Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Harrington ( born August 31, 1971 in Ballyroan, Dublin ) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on both the PGA European Tour and the U.S. PGA Tour. He is a three-time major winner.
- 7.1 amateur
- 7.2 Professional
Career
After a successful amateur career in which he won the coveted Walker Cup in 1995 with the team from Great Britain & Ireland, he became a professional and played from 1996 on the European Tour. Already in the same year, Harrington scored the first tournament victory at the Spanish Open, but then he developed in the truest sense of the word to the Eternal Second. Alone at the end of the 1999 season, he had to be booked four second places in five events. As of 2000, the tide turned and he reached up to 2004 at least one win per year. As a result of Constance Harrington was seven times in the Top 10 on the money list European Tour Order of Merit, including 2 each second and third places. In the 2006 season he was the Order of Merit, which is accompanied by the presentation of the Harry Vardon Trophy, winning for the first time.
As of 2000, Harrington played but also increasingly in the U.S., especially at the majors and WGC events, and on the basis of sponsors invitations. In 2002 he won his first there, an unofficial PGA Tour event. In 2003 and 2004 he was again second, but in each case the highest prize PLAYERS Championship. From 2005 he was then a regular participant on the PGA TOUR, won his first tournament in March, the Honda Classic in June and was succeeded by his second victory.
In July 2007, he succeeded by winning the longest major, the Open Championship (British Open), the biggest success of his career. A year later he was able to defend this item and won his second major. In August 2008, the third major victory followed at the PGA Championship.
Pádraig Harrington played six times in the European Ryder Cup team and four times in the Team GB & Ireland Seve Trophy at the. For Ireland, he took up five times in the Dunhill Cup and ten times in the World Cup. In October 2007 he was awarded the Honorary Life Membership of The European Tour ( lifetime honorary membership of the European Tour ) and voted in December for the European Tour Golfer of the Year.
Life
Harrington's father Patrick ( " Paddy " ) was a noted athlete in Ireland. He practiced in Cork from the national sports of hurling and Gaelic football. After his playing career was Paddy Member of the National Police Garda Síochána. In boxing, he won the Irish Cup of Garda. His father had his own career as an athlete. Consequently, he never tried to live out his ambition by him or to catch some fame. Even long after the end of his career, his father was extremely popular in Cork. A quote from Golf Digest shows on the one hand admiration for the power of his father, also the modesty Padraig Harrington: ". 'm Still known as his son, rather than him being Padraig Harrington's father" At this time had Harrington the Ryder Cup and more won tournaments.
Pádraig well as the Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley grew up in Rathfarnham. The southern suburb of Dublin is a classic workers' settlement. The seven-member family lived in modest circumstances in a house with three bedrooms. Together with nine other colleagues founded his father near the Golf Club Stack Town. The men built the place with their bare hands and shovels. The young Pádraig learned here at the age of four years as well as his older brothers play the golf. Determination characterize Harrington as well as his work ethic and his abstinence from alcohol. He said of himself that he was the only Irishman who would not drink Guinness and would have gone out with a woman.
The name Pádraig is the Irish equivalent of " Patrick". His four older brothers Tadhg, Columb, Fintan, and Fergal also bear Irish names. His future wife, Caroline, he met at a youth tournament in Stack Town know. Since 1997 they are married. The couple has two sons: Patrick ( * 2003) and Ciaran (* 2007).
Since 2004, Ronan Flood working as a caddy for Harrington. Flood married Susie Gregan in 2007, the sister of Caroline. Consequently, he is the brother-in Harrington.
Harrington's father died in 2005, at the age of 72, from cancer.
European Tour wins ( 14)
PGA Tour wins ( 5)
- 2005 Honda Classic, Barclays Classic
- 2007 The Open Championship
- 2008 The Open Championship, PGA Championship
Major championships are shown in bold.
Results in major tournaments
DNP = not started WD = Withdrawn CUT = cut at the failed "T " = split rank
Other tournament victories
Amateur
Professional
Participation in team competitions
Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1991, 1993, 1995 (winner)
Professional
- Ryder Cup: 1999, 2002 ( winners ), 2004 ( winners ), 2006 ( winners ), 2008, 2010 (winner)
- Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- World Cup: 1996, 1997 ( winners ), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Seve Trophy: 2000, 2002 ( winners ), 2003 ( winners ), 2005 ( winners )
By the way ...
Pádraig Harrington is a cousin of poker champions Dan Harrington and the Atlanta Falcons quarterback Joey Harrington.
Harrington trained with Bob Torrance, the the former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance father.