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Sunday 22 July 2007European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Harrington wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2007 · Pádraig Harrington’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £4,200,000 GBP · 136th Open Championship; Harrington won a four-hole aggregate playoff (holes 1, 16, 17, 18) on Sunday evening
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/12°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/12°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/11°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 22.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 277Led by three after 54 holes; needing par at the 72nd he found a greenside bunker and his 10-foot par putt lipped out (final-round 73), then bogeyed the first playoff hole and lost the four-hole aggregate playoff by one 2007 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +4, 70 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sergio García
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 July 2007
I sat in the recorder's hut and just turned down the sound (laughter).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 July 2007
It's funny. It's funny how some guys hit the pin or hit the pin and go to a foot. Mine hits the pin and goes 20 feet away.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 73 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | 65 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −7 |
| 3 | Andres Romero | 71 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 72 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Richard Green | 72 · 73 · 70 · 64 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 69 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | 73 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | 71 · 72 · 64 · 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Mike Weir | 71 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Ben Curtis | 72 · 74 · 70 · 65 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | K.J. Choi | 69 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1971-08-31, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 1995; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, 136th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet