I do most of my golf writing at the Golfing in Minnesota website, but this post has nothing to do with Minnesota, so here you go…

Two years ago at the U.S. Open I attended at Winged Foot in New York, I snapped this picture of Padraig Harrington during a practice round. He was very nice to us as he went by and I was so pleased today when he repeated as champion golfer of the year at the Open Championship.

His second shot on the par-five seventeenth hole at Royal Birkdale today may be one of the best pressure shots I’ve ever watched during a major.

Cheers, Padraig!