Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Another Strong Finish for Harrington

Padraig Harrington wrapped up the '08 majors season with his 2nd come-from-behind victory in a row to win the PGA Championship by 2 strokes over Ben Curtis & Sergio "The Crumbler" Garcia.

Curtis was looking solid for a while, making key putts when needed but unfortunately for him things got a bit bumpy down the stretch & Garcia & Harrington were able to pull even & pass. Garcia came out firing with a birdie, eagle start on holes 1 & 2 to quickly get into contention. Harrington turned it on late with 4 birdies & just 1bogie for a 32 over the final 9 while Garcia went 2 over & Curtis 1 over on the final 9.

When asked if he was disappointed about coming so close once again in a Major, Garcia responded "Why are you making this a disappointment.....When you give it your best and the end result is not what you wish for, it's hard, but you feel good." Riiiight. Whatever he needs to say to feel better is fine but to say he's not disappointed is a crock!

But how about Harrington?! He's won 3 of the last 6 majors played & is only the 4th player to ever win both the British Open and the PGA in the same year, both very Tigerlike statistics.

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