Berkshire, England – Padraig Harrington was so targeted on his sport that he did not discover the leaderboard or see Rory McIlroy strolling by the gallery on the British Open on Sunday. He closed at a 3-under 67 and gained his second senior main of the yr.
Harrington guess on a two-shot lead and made the Eagle on the primary gap on an outdated course in Sunningdale.
He gained by three pictures with Thomas Bjorn (67) and Justin Leonard (68).
“I am excited to win, however I am more than happy with successful the Senior Open in two openings,” Harrington stated. “The truth that we have solely carried out 5 folks earlier than could be very particular. I am proud to have survived so lengthy within the sport.”
He joined Darren Clark, Tom Watson, Gary Participant and Bob Charles as gamers who gained the British Open and senior model.
McIlroy walked across the London space course a bit, nevertheless it wasn’t that a lot of a present. Harrington seized management later within the third spherical, giving no possibilities to anybody.
Bjørn made a sluggish cost to get inside two pictures, however that ended with a bogey on the sixteenth.
“I noticed the leaderboard at 18,” Harrington stated. “It was utterly targeted on what I used to be doing.”
The Irish have been shocked to listen to that McIlroy, who’s constructing a home in London, was in Sunningdale for the ultimate spherical.
“I did not see him there. Was he there?” Harrington stated. “I bowed my head all day. Nobody had seen it. I had no thought.”
Harrington presently has 11 titles as PGA Tour Champion, successful every of the previous 4 seasons a number of instances. He gained the US Senior Open at Broadmoor final month. And he virtually gained the Senior PGA Championship in Congress, with a swing within the second half of the two-shot successful the title to Angel Cabrera.
