Padraig Harrington never thought much about the World Golf Hall of Fame when he was growing up in Ireland. He learned about it hearing references to so many great players around him. And now the three-time major champion is joining them. Harrington was part of the Class of ‘24 being inducted Monday night into the Hall of Fame.
PINEHURST, N.C. — Padraig Harrington grew up in Ireland dreaming more about claret jugs and the Wanamaker Trophy than the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Harrington, whose 21 worldwide wins include the British Open in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship in 2008, joins LPGA star Sandra Palmer as the only living inductees. A year later, he won the Open at Royal Birkdale and then became the first European winner of the PGA Championship in 78 years. “When you’re in your career and you win tournaments and you receive awards and accolades, you always assume they’re going to be there and you’re going to keep winning. You always think there’s going to be another one,” he said. “You maybe don’t enjoy them the way you should at the time.
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