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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSPadraig harrington (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2seasons at the British open and the sixth to do so since1951 (with all but tiger Woods posting one of their back-tobackwins at royal Birkdale)...Sank a 15-foot par putt on thefinal green to capture the pga championship, his secondconsecutive major championship victory and his third in thelast six majors. Shot 66-66 on the weekend to beat Sergiogarcia and Ben curtis by two strokes, finishing at 3-underpar277. the key stretch was the final three holes atoakland Hills on Sunday where Harrington was 1-underand the other two were 1-over. Sank a 12-foot par putt onthe par-4 16th, a 10-footer for birdie on the par-3 17th andthe decisive par save on the final hole. Victory gave himthree titles in his last six starts in majors. 2007: recordedfirst career major championship victory on his way to finishing27th in the FedExcup standings...Beat Bradley Dredgeon the first hole of a playoff to capture the Irish open on theEuropean tour, becoming the first Irish winner of the eventsince John o’Leary in 1982...Earned first major championshipvictory at the British open at carnoustie gL in 37thmajor start at age 35 years, 10 months, 9 days, overcominga double bogey at the 72nd hole and Sergio garcia in afour-hole aggregate playoff. posted rounds of 69-73-68through 54 holes and entered the final round six offgarcia’s lead. Was 6-under through 17 holes, but hit intothe Barry Burn twice on 18 en route to a double bogey anda 67. after a bogey by garcia on No. 18 to force a playoff,Harrington took command with a birdie on the first hole andwas even par for the four holes, one ahead of garcia. FirstEuropean player to win a major championship since paulLawrie captured the British open at same venue in 1999.First Irishman to win the British open since Fred Daly wonat Hoylake in 1947. 2006: Won the European tour order ofmerit for the first time in his 11 years on that tour...Finishedfifth at the u.S. open at Winged Foot, his fourth top-10 innine starts at the u.S. open. It was his seventh top-10 in amajor championship, with a previous-best finish of t5...oneweek later, finished t2 at the rain-soaked Booz allenclassic...posted 0-4-1 record at the ryder cup...a win at thealfred Dunhill Links championship and a t2 at the seasonendingVolvo masters enabled him to edge paul casey fortop honors on the European tour...Birdied second playoffhole to beat tiger Woods at the Dunlop phoenix on theJapan golf tour in mid-November. 2005: In first year as afully-exempt player on tour, picked up his first tour winin his 63rd career event at the Honda classic. came fromseven strokes back of Brett Wetterich and geoff ogilvy totie Vijay Singh and Joe ogilvie at 14-under 274. Sat15-under through 13 holes but had two bogeys and a birdieover last five holes to be the first of the trio to finish14-under. after ogilvie was eliminated on first extra hole,improved his playoff record to 1-1 when Singh missed a3-footer for par that would have extended the playoff. Finalround9-under 63 was a tour career best and the sevenstrokecomeback was the largest in the history of theHonda classic...after missing two consecutive cuts for thefirst time in his tour career, earned second victory of theseason in June at the Barclays classic, draining a 66-footeagle putt on the 72nd hole to defeat Jim Furyk by onestroke. Entered the final round tied for the lead with Furykat 9-under after opening 71-65-68. Quickly fell behind afterstarting the day 3-over through the first three holes withtwo three-putts. after rebounding with an eagle on No. 9,fell off the pace once again with consecutive bogeys atNos. 11 and 12. Duo entered 72nd hole tied after consecutivebogeys by Furyk. Harrington reached the green in twowith a 3-iron from 219 yards and drained the long eagleputt for final-round 70 and a one-stroke victory. 2004:Irishman split time between the pga tour (12 events) andthe European tour (13)...Finished No. 1 on the non-memberlist on the tour and No. 3 on the European tour’s Volvoorder of merit...Earned second consecutive runner-up finishat tHE pLaYErS championship, one stroke behind championadam Scott. Shot a final-round, 6-under-par 66 thatincluded a back-nine 30, the first 30 posted on the backnine since taylor Smith did so in the first round in 1997...posted an ace on the par-3 16th hole on Sunday at themasters en route to a t13 finish. also captured the annualpar-3 contest on Wednesday...In late may, became aSpecial temporary member of the tour for the remainderof season...Was part of a three-man playoff with Sergiogarcia and rory Sabbatini at the Buick classic. garcia wonon the third extra hole...Won the Linde german masters onthe European tour in September and a week later was amember of the winning European ryder cup team...as nonmemberhad enough earnings to be included in the seasonendingtour championship presented by coca-cola as a31st player, where he finished 14th. 2003: Solo 36-holeleader at tHE pLaYErS by two strokes over eventual championDavis Love III and defending champion craig perks.third-round 70 gave him share of lead with Jay Haas. Finalround72 good for t2 finish...Joined the tour as a Specialtemporary member after collecting $572,000 at tHEpLaYErS...posted seventh career European tour victory atthe Deutsche Bank-Sap open and had two other top-10finishes. 2002: Finished in the top-10 in three of the fourmajors—t5 at the masters, t8 at the u.S. open and t5 atBritish open...Earned two points for the victorious Europeanteam at the ryder cup, including a singles victory overmark calcavecchia...Won the Dunhill Links championshipin october with a birdie on the last hole at St. andrews andthen the second playoff hole to beat argentina’s Eduardoromero. 2001: Won the season-ending Volvo masters andplaced second six other times to finish second on theEuropean tour order of merit behind retief goosen. 2000:Will remember season for two victories and one that mighthave been. Disqualified from Benson and HedgesInternational open, while holding five-stroke lead through54 holes, after failing to sign first-round scorecard...Endedrun of nine second-place finishes (seven in 11 monthsbetween april 1999 and march 2000) since first Europeantour victory at 1996 peugeot open de France by winning2000 Brazil Sao paulo 500 Years open. also won the BBVaopen turespana masters. 1999: Earned 10th and last automaticplace on 1999 European ryder cup team by finishingsecond in both West of Ireland classic and BmWInternational, last two events in which ranking points wereavailable. collected 11⁄2 points in ryder cup debut at thecountry club at Brookline, ma, defeating mark o’meara insingles. 1998: Won the Irish pga championship. Amateur:played on winning Walker cup side against uSa at royalporthcawl in 1995.PeRSonAL:coached by Bob torrance, father of 2002 European rydercup captain Sam torrance…completed accountancydegree before turning professional…Distant cousin offormer NFL quarterback Joey Harrington…received anHonorary Degree from the university of St. andrews justprior to the 2010 British open…Web site is padraigharrington.com…affiliatedwith Special olympics.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.17 (15)Driving Distance ...........................................292.1 (52)Driving accuracy percentage .......................56.70% (169)greens in regulation percentage ................61.90% (184)putting average ...........................................1.750 (15)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recenttravelers championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–3 times, mostrecent 2007 tHE tour championship presented by cocacola/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,542,450–2007 British open championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2009 at&tpebble Beach National pro-am/32-80 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com