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...middle of the fairway of the final hole of the British Open golf championship on Sunday, in one of the sport's most tense moments, Padraig Harrington's caddy broke the Irish golfer's routine with an interjection. "Happy?" he asked. Harrington was majestically unfazed. "Yep," he shot back before firing off an iron shot that soared to within 15 feet of the hole and sealed his victory...
...absolutely trilled," Harrington said in his trademark Irish brogue after his victory, before adding, characteristically, "I'm quite enjoying this [acceptance speech]. I don't think I'll get off the stage...
...Harrington spoke, Norman was nowhere to be seen. But the Australian's distinct silhouette - those wide but somehow brooding shoulders, that haunted, hawklike face - was the leitmotif of the tournament. Three weeks after he married tennis great Chris Evert, Norman had defied all expectations by displaying three rounds of breathtaking golf redolent of the form that won him British Open Championships in 1986 and 1993. But his final-round 77 and tied third-place finish behind England's Ian Poulter further cement his standing as golf's most heartbreaking avatar of almost-but-not-quite. Yesterday included, Norman...
...almost all professional golfers play the game the way Norman did, with the balls he helped introduce. Harrington's approach shots to the par-5 15th and 17th holes on Sunday - the latter of which set up an eagle that put him out of reach - were Normanesque in their distance and unwavering accuracy. But even the primary practitioner of modern golf couldn't overcome Harrington's ability to fuse flawless technique with sunny implacability. Sports psychologist Bob Rotella - who reportedly stayed in Harrington's house this whole week of the Open - says the key to golf is to enjoy...
...Ironically, Harrington has earned this mental strength through a tale of redemption. His plodding, mulish gait and mechanical style led many to label him a "journeyman" even before his 30th birthday, and for many years he was a consistent nearly-man, just like Norman. Between his first professional victory, in 1998, and his second two years later, he recorded nine runner-up finishes. When he finally did break through in a major championship, with a victory in a playoff of the British Open last year at Carnoustie, it was only after recovering from a disastrous double bogey on the final...