October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championships
September 16, 2007
The Tour Championship
September 1, 2007
BIOGRAPHY
Pádraig Harrington is an Irish
professional golfer. He has won tournaments on the
European Tour and the PGA Tour. He won the 2007 Open
Championship, in which he defeated Sergio García in
a four-hole playoff by one stroke. In doing so, he
became the first European to win a major since Paul
Lawrie won the same tournament in 1999, at the same
venue (Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland). He was
crowned the European Tour Golfer of the Year for
2007.
Harrington was born in Ballyroan, Dublin, Ireland.
The Ballyroan Parish is located in Rathfarnham, the
birth place of two other touring professional
golfers-Paul McGinley and Peter Lawrie. Harrington
attended local secondary school Coláiste Éanna at
the same time, but not in the same year/class, as
McGinley, giving it the unique distinction of having
produced two Ryder Cup golfers. Rathfarnham is a
great golfing locality with several golf clubs on
its margins- The Grange, Stackstown, Rathfarnham,
Slade Valley, The Castle, Newlands.His father was
Paddy Harrington, a Garda (Irish police officer) who
played Gaelic football for Cork. After a successful
amateur career, including winning the Walker Cup
with the Great Britain & Ireland team in 1995,
Harrington turned professional later that year,
joining the European Tour in 1996.
