Padraig Harrington Wins US Senior Open - What You Should Know

IRELAND’S Padraig Harrington led the US Senior Open at Bethlehem by six shots with 10 holes to play. That’s when Steve Stricker decided to put his foot to the floor and, in the end, Harrington was forced to hang on for dear life to claim the title by a single shot.

Stricker birdied the eighth, ninth, 12th, 14th, 17th and 18th for a final round of 65 to end the tournament on nine under par.

He was three holes ahead of Harrington, who had back-to-back bogeys at the 10th and 11th but recorded a much-need birdie at the 15th to get to 10 under.

From there, Harrington parred his way home, securing a one-shot win and capturing his first senior major.

Harrington’s last win came almost six years ago at the 2016 Portugal Masters on the DP World Tour.

He now has four professional majors, adding this U.S. Senior Open to his two Open Championships (2007, 2008) as well as the 2008 PGA Championship.

Harrington is the first international winner of the U.S. Senior Open since Colin Montgomerie did it in 2014.

Stricker shot the best round of the day Sunday with a 6-under 65 and finished solo second. Mark Hensby was solo third at 4 under.

Champions Tour rookie Rob Labritz finished at three under in a three-way tie for fourth. He was playing just his 12th Champions event and second USGA event. The last USGA event he played was in 1988. 

New addition to @padraig_h's trophy case! pic.twitter.com/1iG6PECOa8

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) June 27, 2022

Who is Padraig Harrington?

Harrington was born in Dublin in August 1971. He won The Open in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA in 2008. He won 15 times on the DP World Tour and six times on the PGA Tour and was named PGA Tour Player of the Year in 2008. He played in the Ryder Cup six times and was captain of the European team in 2021 when they suffered a record defeat at Whistling Straits. He also played in the Walker Cup three times and the Seve Trophy four times.

He averages 312 yards from the tee and hits 51.53% of fairways and 64.29% of greens in regulation. Harrington averages 28.79 putts per round and gets up and down from greenside bunkers 57.14% of the time.