Everyone jump on the bandwagon... Ole Ole Ole and all that ;)
I've been stuck to it since Thursday...Come on Paddy!!
Quote from: Balboa on July 22, 2007, 04:34:54 PM
Everyone jump on the bandwagon... Ole Ole Ole and all that ;)
is there room for me on it? Go Podg
Harrington in outright lead after Eagle.
Go on my son, in front on his own, away to the pub to watch the rest of it.
In the water on 18th has he blown it
gone into water again :(
Harrington has just done a Van de Velde.
what a shame..
here's hoping garcia mucks up
Garcia in the bunker at 18th
It's still on for Harrington :o
Garcia with a ten footer to win
He misses it just hits the edge :o :o
Playoff between Garcia and Harrington
what ya think lads? harrington to steal it after being left off the hook!!???
Hope so..Feel sorry for Garcia though
suppose so. that last putt was very close. and harringtons shot almost bounced over the bridge. very fine margins. its all about inches!
Boss told me to put E5 each way on Harrington (which I did). Not a gambling man and wonder what this means???
Quote from: southderryman on July 22, 2007, 06:35:06 PM
suppose so. that last putt was very close. and harringtons shot almost bounced over the bridge. very fine margins. its all about inches!
Is that what the girlfriend tells you ;)
Two shot lead for Harrington after first play off hole :o
What is going on? I am stuck at a seminar and am dying to know what is happening?????
C'mon Harrington ya good ting ya.
On 3rd play off hole Harrington leads by two with one more hole after this one
Shot of a champion !
The 18th will test his resolve after hitting water twice for a double bogey on his last hole of the 72.
Sports star of the year awaits him........no pressure like ! Come on Harry !
as a Mayo man I will withhold any sign of confidence in Harrington
Iron or driver? what would you all use
Iron play it safe
sergio lucky
Harrington lays up, pressure for Garcia
great shot by garcia
Quote from: dodo on July 22, 2007, 07:15:47 PM
The 18th will test his resolve after hitting water twice for a double bogey on his last hole of the 72.
Sports star of the year awaits him........no pressure like ! Come on Harry !
Im sure Cyril Farrell will still make a case for Shefflin to win sports award seeing as he creams himself everytime he metions him
will two putts be good enough?
well done
Fair play with the flag, gone straight to freakin ads here
Brilliant delighted for him ;D ;D
Im mad for a game of Golf now
He seems like a likable fellow, very down to earth
Great day for Irish golf. Well done Harrington and McIlroy.
Great to see. Thought he had blown it.
Greatest day ever in Irish golf, a very humble guy even for a cheeky dub...
Anyone hear his little son at the end pointing at the trophy he says " Daddy can i put ladybirds in it"
Brilliant :D
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on July 22, 2007, 08:04:16 PM
Anyone hear his little son at the end pointing at the trophy he says " Daddy can i put ladybirds in it"
Brilliant :D
Maybe Padraig will let him kick it up and down the course like the Galway football team did when they won sam a few years back! ;)
Nah, the Jug is as delicate as the british empire right now and God forbid anything where to happen to it.
Well done Mr Harrington, I am absolutely delighted with this result, I am heading out for a pint the night with a couple of fellow paddies and we will toast this win. Amazing stuff and I am glad the nightmare on 18 didnt result in his losing of the tournament, the commentators would have been comparing him to that poor ballix Van De Velde for the rest of his career.
Well done to Harrington!
absolutely delighted harrington won but feel gutted for poor Sergio. Surely his major win isnt too far away now!
well done
Funny how everyone is happy for his win even though he is a Dub!! He did a great interview on RTE radio...very emotional. The American commentators seemed to be disappointed with Sergio losing, went as quick as possible to Indy car racing, missed half of Harringtons acceptance speech. If Sergio or Tiger had won it would be on for another hour.
Good Stuff Harrington. Fair play to him for taking his second chance, and his play on the 18th the second time around was textbook matchplay. I had a fiver on Garcia at 33/1 each way. When it went to the playoff I laid off €100 of the potential winnings onto Harrington. Couldn't lose at that point so happy days.
That was some last 4 holes (regulation that is). In fairness there must have been some shitload of good karma floating around for the guy, Sergio was millimetres away with three different putts after Harrington's disaster at the 18th. About time Harrington cought a break. Delighted for the guy.
Is it just my imagination or was one of the National Radio stations tipping people to put money on Harrignton last week.
Quote from: Dinny Breen on July 22, 2007, 08:01:36 PM
Greatest day ever in Irish golf, a very humble guy even for a cheeky dub...
To be honest he more a Dublinite than a Dub :D
Great result! First Irish win since 1947. Fair play to him!!
Quote from: FL/MAYO on July 22, 2007, 08:29:46 PM
Funny how everyone is happy for his win even though he is a Dub!!
Ah... but
out of Ireland he's a Paddy, through and through, and that's all that counts! ;) Fair play to him.
A great victory!! Well done lad! :)
Great result for Harrington. I was gutted when he took 6 at the 18th, and quite emotional when he mentioned his Dad at the end.
Glad for Harrington because it would be hard to come back from a 6 at the last, (shades of Van De Velde in '99) He seems to be a good genuine fella and not up his own arse like some of the golfers.
epic! what a day, it will stay with me forever.... well done padraig
Right up there with the great moments in Irish sport like Barry Mcguigan, Denis Taylor,Euro 88 and Italia '90 when you'll always remember where you were when it happened.Will always remembers todays Golf what pure excitement
I like the way he is being claimed as a European by sections of the media ! Wankers
QuoteI like the way he is being claimed as a European by sections of the media ! Wankers
Jaysus, even with a passing interest in golf you'd know that a European winning a major has been something of a bogey thing, not having happened in quite a few years and the fact always being talked about in the lead up to a major .... and for the last year or two, Harrington has been considered as the most likely "European" to break the bogey
Good clip of Harringtons father playing for Dublin in the '57 All-Ireland tonight on the Sunday Game. What a point he scored - a 'straight on' top of the toe drop kick over the bar.
Quote from: magickingdom on July 22, 2007, 10:37:36 PM
epic! what a day, it will stay with me forever.... well done padraig
He still bottled it when it mattered on the 18th first time round. But he showed good composure to win it,well done to him a great victory.
Quote from: blast05 on July 22, 2007, 10:58:07 PM
QuoteI like the way he is being claimed as a European by sections of the media ! Wankers
Jaysus, even with a passing interest in golf you'd know that a European winning a major has been something of a bogey thing, not having happened in quite a few years and the fact always being talked about in the lead up to a major .... and for the last year or two, Harrington has been considered as the most likely "European" to break the bogey
Good clip of Harringtons father playing for Dublin in the '57 All-Ireland tonight on the Sunday Game. What a point he scored - a 'straight on' top of the toe drop kick over the bar.
Ya nice tie in the Sunday Game
Quote from: blast05 on July 22, 2007, 10:58:07 PM
QuoteI like the way he is being claimed as a European by sections of the media ! Wankers
Jaysus, even with a passing interest in golf you'd know that a European winning a major has been something of a bogey thing, not having happened in quite a few years and the fact always being talked about in the lead up to a major
Well the headline was introduced on Sky Sports as "Harrington becomes 1st European winner of major since '99". I would have thought him being the 1st Irish winner in 60 yrs would be a bigger story.
Its British News, to be honest if had been Montie we would be calling him a European not a Brit ;)
Feck it he won, brilliant craic in the bar, nerves were away mind you and I dont even like golf much
Quote from: Square Ball on July 22, 2007, 11:23:14 PM
Feck it he won, brilliant craic in the bar, nerves were away mind you and I dont even like golf much
In fairness golfers are not reallly branded by nationality because it is such an individual sport, i actually wanted Woods to win because its not often you see in your lifetime someone as good as that.
One of the parents from Ballina - he's a lot of cousins from the town including the (in)famous Fab Ferdia,
Congrats to him, some nerves
Great stuuf from Padraig. Fair play to him he had the look of a winner all afternoon and the old saying that you have to lose a few to learn how to win was never truer. Felt sorry for Garcia alright but Harrington is a genuine good guy and it was gripping TV. Another win for the cheeky Dubs. Will Ballyboden st Endas claim this as well ;)
I'm not a big golf fan but I really got sucked into this yesterday. I had a few quid each way on Harrington at 22-1 before the start.
Fair play to him. And having few bob on him makes it sweeter. Great excitment. Garcia will be sick. Romero will be sick and Els who took an 8 at a par 5 on Saturday will be sick.
One of the truly great days in Irish sport, easily comparable with winning an Olympic medal etc. In terms of golfing drama I don't think even the Ryder cup could match yesterday's for excitement for partisan fans. Don't feel particularly sorry for Garcia as he's not the most engaging of golfers and has character flaws (on the course). On a day when Harrington was quite immaculate for 17 holes I think his most impressive shot of all was the pitch to 4 feet on 18 to set up the putt - lesser players may well have resigned themselves to their fate at that stage. He (Harrington) is very popular in Britain as he comes across very well when being interviewed by the Beeb and is a tremendous ambassador for Irish (and European) golf. He deserves every plaudit he gets.
Sick as fcuk. Had Garcia at 33's :'( :'(
Hope he never wins a major now
The European issue does not annoy me as the it has been such a long time since a European won a major that even if it was Poulter he still would of been labbelled European.
Excellent excitement throughout. Surreal when they had to walk past each other on the 17th/18th in normal play. I was sure he was gone especially when he went into water twice. There was a 6 shot swing during the day between the two which maybe speaks for Garcia. He shot a 73 when the back nine was playing easier than any other day and he had good weather. Romero hit 10 birdies yesterday, that is exceptional and a par on 18th would of brought him to the play off too I think?
Absolutely delighted for Harrington and he fully deserves it. Not a big golf afficionda but have had a long running argument with a mate of mine who is really into it about Harrington being a bottler. I always reckoned he was a bit suspect but the reason I got sucked in yesterday was I sensed he wasn't going to mess it up this time. And so it proved until 18th as he played really composed golf. I cursed myself and himself when he took 6 on the 18th but he showed great balls to get up and down. The playoff was excellent and showed how in control he was. Obviously one putt dropping could have made it oh so different but I think Harrignton got the rub he deserved.
I think he will really kick on from this. If he had lost.....well he alluded to it himself and it might not be pretty.
So two former multiple winners of the West of Ireland championship bring home the bacon for Ireland in the biggest links golf championship of all.
its a fair achievment to win both the amature and the professional open in the same year, surely it will never be done again
With popularity of the sport in the Country it is very possible.
Quoteits a fair achievment to win both the amature and the professional open in the same year, surely it will never be done again
Actually Drew Weaver, a student a Virgina tech (the place where the shootings were during the year) is the Amateur Champion. His win there got him a place in the Open. McIlroy won the European Amateur and that allowed him a place in last weeks Open. Of further significance was the fact that Ireland won the European Amateur Team event in Scotland a few weeks back with a team of 6. McIlroy would have been the leading light on that team but there are also a few other cracking amateurs in ireland at the moment. Johnny Caldwell, Richard Kilpatrick, Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward and Shane Lowry were all part of that victorious team and each could well be joinging the paid ranks in a few years. However McIlroy is undoubtedly the leading light at the minute, despite slipping to 18 in the Amateur rankings.
QuoteShane Lowry
Son of the great Brendan Lowry of Offaly 1982 and Ferbane fame. Go on the Biffos.
Quote from: magpie seanie on July 23, 2007, 02:48:25 PM
Absolutely delighted for Harrington and he fully deserves it. Not a big golf afficionda but have had a long running argument with a mate of mine who is really into it about Harrington being a bottler. I always reckoned he was a bit suspect but the reason I got sucked in yesterday was I sensed he wasn't going to mess it up this time. And so it proved until 18th as he played really composed golf. I cursed myself and himself when he took 6 on the 18th but he showed great balls to get up and down. The playoff was excellent and showed how in control he was. Obviously one putt dropping could have made it oh so different but I think Harrignton got the rub he deserved.
I'm a huge fan of Harrington's, but I didnt think he had it in him to play as well as he did yesterday. He was so focused and so determined, he looked like a winner, and holed so many crucial putts. I couldnt believe it when he took out the driver for the 18th. But after his c**k-ups he did great to re-focus, great up and down for his 6. A bit lucky to get another chance, but when it came he certainly took it well.
Quote from: magpie seanie on July 23, 2007, 02:48:25 PM
Absolutely delighted for Harrington and he fully deserves it. Not a big golf afficionda but have had a long running argument with a mate of mine who is really into it about Harrington being a bottler. I always reckoned he was a bit suspect but the reason I got sucked in yesterday was I sensed he wasn't going to mess it up this time. And so it proved until 18th as he played really composed golf. I cursed myself and himself when he took 6 on the 18th but he showed great balls to get up and down. The playoff was excellent and showed how in control he was. Obviously one putt dropping could have made it oh so different but I think Harrignton got the rub he deserved.
I think he will really kick on from this. If he had lost.....well he alluded to it himself and it might not be pretty.
Pleased for Harrington, and he deserved to win it, but it seemed to me for all the world that he did, in fact, bottle it - only for Garcia to bottle it twice!
The fact is, while Garcia was in the lead, all the pressure was on him, and it told! Similarly, while Padraig was chasing, there was much less pressure and his golf was outstanding - until he hit the front. Which was when he screwed up (twice) on the 18th.
Frankly, there is no way on earth that a Woods or a Nicklaus or a Faldo would have thrown away leads like these two did.
Still, it will be interesting to see how Harrington reacts. Often a sports star reaches a new level after a win like this - it's especially obvious with boxers after they become World Champion for the first time. He could go on to conquer his nerves and win some more Majors - he's certainly got the golf skills in him.
As for Garcia, he's young enough still to win a major or two, but he'll probably never win the number his talent would otherwise merit. (The new Greg Norman?)
Did I see this thread somewhere else ::)