Newsflash: Padraig Harrington is for Real!

Sorry about the lag in posts but been busy and not too angry at golf lately.

That being said, Padraig Harrington putted his way to the Wanamaker trophy at the 90th PGA Championship for his 2nd major in as many tries, and 3rd major out of the last 6. He's one of only 4 people to win the British Open and PGA Championship in the same year, joining Tiger Woods (2000, 2006), Nick Price (1994), and Walter Hagen (1924).

The final round was pretty uneventful for a while, and I took it well considering it was gonna be tough to duplicate the excitement of the last 2 majors, the US and British Open. Things were just plodding along until the 2nd to last group (Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia) got to the 16th hole.

That's when Harrington made a string of 1 putts that only a champion can make. He made a 12-footer for par on the 16th to tie, a 10-footer at No. 17 to take the lead and a 15-foot par putt at the end that won him the championship. It helped that Garcia landed in the drink on 16, and had his putter fail him on the last 2 holes. Garcia had been putting very well over the last month and showed confidence on the greens during the tournament.

Harrington was just too much for Garcia, and Ben Curtis.

The PGA Championship turned out to be an exciting 3 holes which absolutely made the tournament. Harrington turned into Tiger for a couple majors as he made shots that champions make. Harrington is for real folks and he will probably win another major in his career.

Oh yeah, one last thing. Tiger who?