Padraig Harrinton
Padraig Harrington, also known as “Paddy”, is a three-time major championship winner, capturing The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008, as well as the PGA Championship in 2008.
Padraig Harrington, also known as “Paddy”, is a three-time major championship winner, capturing The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008, as well as the PGA Championship in 2008. He is the only player in the world to have partnered with Tiger Woods in a tournament five or more times and outscore him. The last tournament Padraig competed in as an amateur was the Mother & Son Tournament in Ireland, which he and his mother claimed together (although he claims this tournament was one of the most nerve-wrecking in his career).
Harrington has a tight-knit relationship with caddy, Ronan Flood, who has served him as a caddy since 2004. In 2007, Ronan married Padraig’s wife’s sister and they became brothers-in-law.
Harrington has been a Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics since May 2010. The red shoe laces he wears on tour promotes awareness of the Special Olympics and he has conducted various clinics for Special Olympic athletes and coaches. Having lost his father to oesophageal cancer in 2005, he is also a supporter of an Irish charity, Oesophageal Cancer Fun (OCF).
With a Masters win on his bucket list, Padraig says that Augusta National is "simply the most challenging golf course in the game of golf."
Country: | Ireland |
DOB: | 31 August 1971 |
Website: | http://www.padraigharrington.com |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/padraig_h |
Facebook: | https://facebook.com/pages/Padraig-Harrington/87293726048 |
PGA Tour Victories to date
2015 Honda Classic
2008 Open Championship
2008 PGA Championship
2007 Open Championship
2005 Honda Classic
2005 Barclays Classic
European Tour
2007 Irish Open
2006 Dunhill Links Championship
2004 Linde Germans Masters
2004 Omega Hong Kong Open
2003 Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
2003 BMW Asian Open
2002 Dunhill Links Championship
2001 Volvo Masters
2000 Brazil Sao Paulo 500 years Open
2000 BBVA Open Turespana Masters
1996 Peugeot Spanish Open
International & Other
2014 Indonesian Open
2012 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2009 Irish PGA Championship
2006 Dunlop Phoenix, Japan
2002 Target World Challenge
Irish PGA Championship - 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004
National Teams
Ryder Cup - 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 20002, 1999
Dunhill Cup - 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995
World Cup - 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 (winner in 1997 with Paul McGinley)