Padraig Harrington was born in Dublin, Ireland, on the 31st August 1971. He has been playing golf since an early age of 4. At the age of 15, Padraig became a scratch handicap golfer.
Although Golf was Padraig's passion, he has completed an accountancy degree before becoming a golf professional in September 1995. His professional career began with success at the European Tour School where he earned his full Tour card for 1996. On his first nine European tour events, Padraig has made the cut at each event which includes five finishes within top ten and a spectacular finish at the Spanish Open to win the competition.
He has seen a lot of success since his early days, however has always had the Major victories in mind. He has started to shine as one of the world's best golfer in his recent years as a golf professional and till date, Padraig Harrington has picked up 3 Major victories including two Open Championships and one USPGA Championship.
Our team at Golfonline have met Padraig Harrington in person and have found him as a very friendly and people's person. He has always kept his fans shocked and entertained, while he plays one of the world's best short games. He has a fantastic club manufacturer sponsoring him:
Wilson Staff, with whom he has worked very closely to develop such high performance
golf clubs to suit his needs.
Career Wins:
Aug 2008 - PGA
Championship
July 2008 - The Open Championship
July 2007 - The Open Championship
May 2007 - Irish Open
Oct 2006 - Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Mar 2005 - Honda Classic
June 2005 - Barclays Classic
Sep 2004 - Linde German Masters
Dec 2003 - Omega Hong Kong Open
May 2003 - Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of
Europe
Nov 2002 - BMW
Asian Open
Oct 2002 - Dunhill Links Championship
Nov 2001 - Volvo Masters Andalucia
Oct 2000 - BBVA Open Turespaña Masters
Apr 2000 - Brazil São Paulo 500 Years Open
May 1996 - Peugeot Spanish Open