Harrington wins

[strangeirish]

Padraig Harrington won his first USPGA competition. I think he is the first person from the Republic to win on the PGA tour. He beat Singh in a playoff. First prize...............................$990,000 :eek: Not bad for four days work!!

[carrickharp]

Fair play to him, and about time too :rolleyes:

[pete]

Has moved him back to no. 6 in World.

Rank Player Avg Pts.

1. Woods 12.25
2. Singh 11.77
3. Els 11.42
4. Mickelson 9.09
5. Goosen 7.33
6. Harrington 5.76
7. Toms 5.23
8. Garcia 5.11
9. Scott 5.04
10. Cink 4.88

Harrington has been very consistent for last few years, probably not been outside top 10 in world but definitely needs more wins.

[eirebhoy]

When you consider that 2nd place gets half the amount of money that 1st place gets and Harrington has finished 2nd about 25 times. Imagine if even half of those 2nd places were 1st's, he'd be well up the rankings.

[strangeirish]

Good stuff all around for Irish golf yesterday. Des Smyth won a big senior's event here also. Neat that they both won on the same day in the US.