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Padraig Harrington never tires of reading the fine print on the silver claret jug, and as he stood up from a table Monday morning at Royal Birkdale, he slowly turned golf's oldest trophy to see his name on consecutive rows. In the final round of the 137th British Open, there was no man better equipped to contend with the nostalgic tale of 53-year-old Greg Norman, than Irishman Padraig Harrington. Padraig Harrington enjoys few moments more than the walk down 18th fairway of a century-old links course, especially with a four-shot lead in the British Open and the engraver putting the final touches on the oldest trophy in golf.
Wakefield, not Westwood, carries hopes of England
The English had high hopes of a first British Open triumph since Nick Faldo in 1992, looking to the likes of Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and Paul Casey to provide it.
Harrington, wrist survive first round of Open
Nursing an injured right wrist, Padraig Harrington woke up Thursday wondering whether it might be too painful to swing a golf club, let alone make a strong defense of his British Open title. |
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