Pádraig Harrington

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Pádraig Harrington
PadraigHarrington2004RyderCup.jpg
Personnel
Nation: IrelandIreland Ireland
Career data
Professional since: 1995
Current tour: PGA TOUR , European Tour
Tournament wins: 30 (European Tour: 15, PGA Tour: 6, others: 12)
Major wins : 3 (2007, 2008)
Awards: Harry Vardon Trophy (2006),
Winner of the European Tour Order of Merit (2006),
Honorary Life Membership of The European Tour (2007)
Irish Sportsperson of the Year (2002, 2007, 2008)

Pádraig Harrington (born August 31, 1971 in Ballyroan, Dublin ) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on both the PGA European Tour and the US PGA Tour . He is a three-time major winner.

Career

After a successful amateur career, in which he was able to win the coveted Walker Cup with the team from Great Britain & Ireland in 1995 , he switched to the professional camp and played on the European Tour from 1996 . In the same year, Harrington won the first tournament at the Spanish Open , but then he literally developed into second place. Towards the end of the 1999 season alone, he had four second places in five events. From 2000 the tide turned and he achieved at least one win a year until 2004. As a result of this consistency, Harrington was able to place seven times in the top 10 of the European Tour Order of Merit money list , including two second and third places. In the 2006 season he was able to win the Order of Merit , which is accompanied by the presentation of the Harry Vardon Trophy , for the first time.

From 2000 onwards, Harrington played increasingly in the USA, especially at the majors and WGC events, as well as on the basis of sponsor invitations. In 2002 he won his first, unofficial, PGA Tour event there. In 2003 and 2004 he was runner-up again, albeit in the highly endowed PLAYERS Championship . From 2005 he was a regular participant on the PGA TOUR , won his first tournament in March, the Honda Classic, and his second victory in June.

In July 2007, he achieved the greatest success of his career by winning the most traditional major , the Open Championship (British Open). A year later he was able to defend this title and won his second major. In August 2008, the third major victory followed, at the PGA Championship .

Pádraig Harrington played six times for the European Ryder Cup team and four times for the GB & Ireland team at the Seve Trophy . For Ireland he appeared 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 (lifelong honorary membership of the European Tour) and in December was named European Tour Golfer of the Year .

Life

Harrington's father Patrick ("Paddy") was a well-known athlete in Ireland. He practiced the national sports hurling and Gaelic football in Cork . After his active career, Paddy became a member of the Garda Síochána National Police . In boxing he won the Irish championship of the Garda . His father had his own career as an athlete. As a result, he never tried to live out his ambition or to get some fame through him. Long after his career ended, his father was extremely popular in Cork. A quote from Golfdigest shows on the one hand the admiration for his father's achievements and also the modesty of Padraig Harrington: “I'm still known as his son, rather than him being Padraig Harrington's father.” By this point, Harrington had won the Ryder Cup and several tournaments.

Pádraig grew up as well as the Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley in Rathfarnham. The southern suburb of Dublin is a classic workers' settlement. The family of seven lived on a modest basis in a three-bedroom house. Together with nine other colleagues, his father founded the Stackstown golf club nearby. The men built the square with their bare hands and shovels. The young Pádraig learned to play golf here at the age of four, as did his older brothers. Harrington is characterized by determination, as well as his work ethic and abstinence from alcohol. He said of himself that he was the only Irishman who would n't drink Guinness and only went out with a woman.

The name Pádraig is the Irish equivalent of "Patrick". His four older brothers Tadhg, Columb, Fintan, and Fergal also have Irish names. He met his future wife Caroline at a youth tournament in Stackstown. They have been married since 1997. The couple has two sons: Patrick (* 2003) and Ciarán (* 2007).

Ronan Flood has been working as a caddy for Harrington since 2004. Flood married Susie Gregan, Caroline's sister, in 2007. Hence, he is Harrington's brother-in-law.

Harrington's father died of cancer in 2005 at the age of 72.

European Tour Wins (15)

PGA Tour Wins (6)

Major championships are in bold .

Results in the major tournaments

competition 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP T19 T27 T5 CUT T13 CUT T27 T7 T5 T35 CUT
US Open DNP CUT T32 DNP T5 T30 T8 T10 T31 CUT 5 CUT T36 CUT T22
The Open Championship T18 T5 CUT 29 T20 T37 T5 T22 CUT DNP CUT 1 1 T65 CUT
PGA Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP T58 CUT T17 T29 T45 CUT CUT T42 1 T10 CUT
competition 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Masters CUT T8 CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T64 T18 CUT CUT CUT T13 CUT CUT CUT
US Open T45 T4 T21 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T39 T54 CUT T20 T36 CUT CUT CUT

DNP = not started
WD = withdrawn
CUT = failed at the cut
"T" = shared rank

Other tournament victories

amateur

  • 1991 Sherry Cup
  • 1994 West of Ireland amateur
  • 1995 Irish Amateur Open Championship, Irish Amateur Closed Championship

professional

  • 1998 Irish PGA Championship (not a European Tour Event)
  • 2002 Target World Challenge presented by Williams (unofficial PGA Tour Event)
  • 2004 Irish PGA Championship
  • 2005 Irish PGA Championship
  • 2006 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament ( Japan Golf Tour )
  • 2007 Irish PGA Championship
  • 2008 Hassan II Trophy (Morocco), Irish PGA Championship
  • 2009 Irish PGA Championship
  • 2010 Iskandar Johor Open ( Asian Tour )
  • 2012 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
  • 2014 Indonesia Open (Asian Tour)

Participation in team competitions

amateur

professional

Others

Padraig Harrington is a cousin of poker -Champions Dan Harrington and the Atlanta Falcons - Quarterback Joey Harrington .

Harrington trained with Bob Torrance, father of former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance .

See also

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ The Irish Times : "Ireland is hugely proud, says President" , July 21, 2008 (English)
  2. ↑ http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2006/09/200609615rosaforte?currentPage=1 “My dad had his own sporting career, so he never tried to live his life through me or gain glory through me,” said Harrington .
  3. ↑ http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2006/09/200609615rosaforte?currentPage=1
  4. ↑ Bob Rotella with Robert Cullen: Your 15th club: the inner secret to great golf , Free Press, May 2008, pp. 135 ff
  5. ↑ http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2008/02/harrington
  6. ↑ http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2006/09/200609615rosaforte?currentPage=1 They recall the chap who says he's the only Irishman who doesn't drink Guinness (“As far as I know, he's only had two drinks in his life, ”says brother Tadhg.“ After both Ryder Cup wins, he had a Jack Daniels and Coke. ”); and the one who has only dated one woman in his life.
personal data
SURNAME Harrington, Pádraig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish golfer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballyroan, Dublin