Sunday, August 10, 2008

Harringtons Rule Detroit

Atta Boy Paddy Boy! VTK relative Padraig Harrington became the first ever Irishman to win the PGA Championship (first European in 78 years) He did it in dramatic fashion by nailing 3 consecutive +10 foot putts to punctuate a back-nine 32 for a 66, two strokes better than the leader on the 16th hole, Sergio Garcia. Spain's won enough this year. Plus, Garcia's a prick. Erin go bragh! I tuned in in time to watch him knock down a wicked bender of a 12 foot putt to pull even with Sergio Segundo on the 16th. Then he followed up a great drive on the 17th with a 10 foot birdie to put the pressure on the Spitting Spaniard who dutifully choked. Then he closed it out by coolly dropping a 15 footer on 18 to win his second consecutive major, third in a little over a year, and first PGA Championship. And he did it on a golf course near Detroit, where his Harrington relatives have been ruling for nearly a century. Just look at how much we ruled at a recent Harrington wedding:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dan, it's a little disappointing to see you at a wedding but not wearing your seersucker suit.

Dan Nolan said...

disappointing? I thought you'd be honored that I wore the 'suckas to your wedding, while my own cousin gets stuck with me in this $80 used black number.

Anonymous said...

yeah and unlike your brother, at least your pants are intact. or are they?

Dan Nolan said...

Exactly. They are. It's not the pants. It's the stitching.