He
also appeared in the Dunhill cup for five years from 1996
– 2000. Another Irish event that Harrington participated
in was the world cup; he won this tournament in 1997 with
Paul McGinley. He had made 11 appearances in this event
from 1996 - 2006. Harrington won his first Irish title in
1998 at the Irish PGA championships.
The new millennium saw a new era of titles for the Irish
golfer, again he was a constant feature in the leader boards
of the US masters and US Open. He was successful at the
Brazil Sao Paulo 500 Years Open taking the top spot in 2000.
Harrington also won the BBVA Open Turespana Master de Madrid.
He was then successful in 2002 with the European team in
the Ryder cup challenge as the team picked up the trophy.
In this year he had a big win against Tiger Woods at the
Target World Challenge. 2004 saw Harrington and the European
team pick up the Ryder cup once more. The USPGA tour was
a successful run for Harrington as he won two events, the
Honda Classic outscoring VJ Singh and then in the Barclays
Classic outscoring Jim Furyk in play-offs.
2006 was a big year for Padraig Harrington as he was the
winner of the Volvo Order of Merit and after 11 years Harrington
was at the top European golfer. He also was again part of
the winning Ryder cup team for Europe. 2007 brought further
success with winning his first Masters at Carnoustie in
July of that year. Subsequently he was also named European
Golfer of the year.
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