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Pádraig Harrington

Ireland · born , Dublin, Ireland

3major championships

Summary

  • First major 2007 The Open
  • Last major 2008 The Open
  • Ryder Cup 6 Cups · 9-13-3 · 10.5 points (42.0%)
  • Ryder Cup captain 2021
  • 2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 5 events · 0 top 10s

Wins

  1. 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · 277 (-7) · won a playoff against Sergio García
  2. 2008 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) · 277 (-3) · by 2 strokes from Ben Curtis and Sergio García
  3. 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · 283 (+3) · by 4 strokes from Ian Poulter

Near misses

  1. 1997 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T5 · 280 (-4)
  2. 2002 The Open Muirfield · finished T5 · 279 (-5)

Ryder Cup

6 Cups, 25 matches: 9 won, 13 lost, 3 halved, 10.5 points. Foursomes 3-4-3, four-ball 3-6-0, singles 3-3-0.

  1. 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 1-1-1, 1.5 points · automatic
  2. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
  3. 2004 Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) Europe · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 4-1-0, 4 points · automatic
  4. 2006 The K Club (Palmer Course) Europe · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 0-4-1, 0.5 points · automatic
  5. 2008 Valhalla Golf Club Europe · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 0-3-1, 0.5 points · automatic
  6. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · captain's pick
  7. 2021 Captain Europe · lost 9–19

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Sergio García's rivals →

Moments

  1. 2007 Open Harrington twice found the Barry Burn at the 72nd hole and made double bogey, then García's 10-foot par putt to win lipped out.
  2. 2007 Open Harrington eagled the 14th in his closing 67, and in the playoff he birdied the 1st while García bogeyed it.
  3. 2008 PGA Championship Harrington came from three shots behind Ben Curtis with weekend rounds of 66-66 and became the first European to win the PGA since the 1930s and the first Irishman ever.
  4. 2008 PGA Championship Defending champion Tiger Woods did not play, having had knee surgery a couple of months earlier.
  5. 2008 Open Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader at 53, shot a final-round 77 and tied for third.
  6. 2008 Open Harrington, nursing a wrist injury, pulled clear down the stretch to become the first European to defend the Open since James Braid (1905-06).

Records and firsts

  1. 2007 Open First Open champion from: Republic of Ireland
  2. 2008 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Ireland

Results by championship

    Best day

    2008 PGA Championship

    Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · 277 (-3) · by 2 strokes from Ben Curtis and Sergio García

    Harrington came from three shots behind Ben Curtis with weekend rounds of 66-66 and became the first European to win the PGA since the 1930s and the first Irishman ever.

    Defending champion Tiger Woods did not play, having had knee surgery a couple of months earlier.

    Record: Ireland

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2008.

    Career line, 1997–2026

    PGA Championship
    2008 PGA Championship: won
    The Open
    1997 The Open: finished T52002 The Open: finished T52007 The Open: won2008 The Open: won
    Ryder Cup
    1999 Ryder Cup (Europe): 1-1-12002 Ryder Cup (Europe): 2-2-02004 Ryder Cup (Europe): 4-1-02006 Ryder Cup (Europe): 0-4-12008 Ryder Cup (Europe): 0-3-12010 Ryder Cup (Europe): 2-2-0
    PGA Tour 2024–26
    2024 PGA Tour season: 7 events2025 PGA Tour season: 6 events2026 PGA Tour season: 5 events
    200020102020

    14 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
    • Tour season

    Pádraig Harrington was born on August 31, 1971, in Dublin, Ireland. Harrington won 3 major championships: 1 PGA Championship (2008) and 2 Open Championships (2007, 2008). Harrington played in 6 Ryder Cups for Europe (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), winning 9, losing 13 and halving 3 of 25 matches for 10.5 points, and captained the side in 2021. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Harrington played 5 events.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (3)

    1. 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · 277 (-7) · won a playoff against Sergio García (Harrington 15; García 16)
    2. 2008 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · 277 (-3) · by 2 strokes from Ben Curtis and Sergio García
    3. 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · 283 (+3) · by 4 strokes from Ian Poulter

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1997 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T5 · 280 (-4)
    2. 2002 The Open Muirfield · finished T5 · 279 (-5)

    Ryder Cup

    Harrington played 6 Ryder Cups for Europe: 25 matches, 9 won, 13 lost, 3 halved, 10.5 points (42.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 3-4-3, four-ball 3-6-0, singles 3-3-0 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 2014; 2016; 2018.

    1. 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 1-1-1, 1.5 points · automatic
    2. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · automatic
    3. 2004 Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) Europe · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 4-1-0, 4 points · automatic
    4. 2006 The K Club (Palmer Course) Europe · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 0-4-1, 0.5 points · automatic
    5. 2008 Valhalla Golf Club Europe · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 0-3-1, 0.5 points · automatic
    6. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 2-2-0, 2 points · captain's pick
    7. 2021 Captain Europe · lost 9–19

    Partners, with matches played together: Colin Montgomerie (5), Paul McGinley (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2), Robert Karlsson (2), Ross Fisher (2), Niclas Fasth (1), Henrik Stenson (1), Graeme McDowell (1), Luke Donald (1).

    PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

    1. 2024 Season 7 events · 0 wins · 0 top 10s · 2 cuts made · $170,534 official money
    2. 2025 Season 6 events · 0 wins · 0 top 10s · 1 cuts made · $18,810 official money
    3. 2026 In progress 5 events · 0 wins · 0 top 10s · 1 cuts made · $229,129 official money (No. 182)

    2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 2007 Open First Open champion from: Republic of Ireland
    2. 2008 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Ireland

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium European Tour wins
    3. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    4. Golf Compendium winners list
    5. WP: List of European Ryder Cup golfers
    6. WP: Pádraig Harrington
    7. Golf Compendium
    8. Wikidata: Q381667
    9. R&A 2007
    10. GC 2007
    11. PGA of America history
    12. Golf Compendium 2008
    13. Today's Golfer purse history
    14. Salarysport prize-money history
    15. PGA of America 2008 leaderboard
    16. Golf World 2008 preview
    17. Worldwide Golf, Harrington 2008
    18. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 22
    19. PGA of America 2012 media guide, p. 148
    20. OWGR player event table, 2008
    21. EssentiallySports, Ronan Flood
    22. R&A 2008
    23. GC 2008
    24. R&A 1997
    25. R&A 2002
    26. GC: 1999 ryder cup
    27. Wikipedia: 1999 Ryder Cup
    28. CBS News 1999
    29. Golf Channel
    30. GC: 2002 ryder cup
    31. SI Vault 2001 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/tough-calls-picking-the-ryder-cup-wild-cards-was-a-difficult-job-but-somebody-namely-curtis-strange-had-to-do-it
    32. Deseret News 2001
    33. Wikipedia: 2002 Ryder Cup
    34. GC: 2004 ryder cup
    35. Golf Channel 2004
    36. Wikipedia: 2004 Ryder Cup
    37. GC: 2006 ryder cup
    38. 2006 WP mirror (2007 snapshot)
    39. Wikipedia: 2006 Ryder Cup
    40. GC: 2008 ryder cup
    41. Wikipedia: 2008 Ryder Cup
    42. Today's Golfer 2008
    43. GC: 2010 ryder cup
    44. Wikipedia: 2010 Ryder Cup
    45. Fox Sports
    46. WP Ryder Cup
    47. ESPN statistics API
    48. Topend Sports