Padraig Harrington has recalled a touching moment between himself and his son Paddy at the 200t Open Championship.
After making double-bogey on the 72nd hole of the Championship, Harrington felt as though his chance at winning a major championship had slipped through his fingers.
Sergio Garcia carded a bogey on the same hole, missing a 12-foot-putt to win the championship and sending the two men to a playoff.
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Irritated by how he had let nerves get the better of him, Harrington revealed on the Late Late Show that a moment between himself and his son put those worries to the back of his mind and allowed him to make birdie on the playoff hole to win the Championship.
"I messed up the 72nd hole," the three-time major winner told Ryan Tubridy, "It was bitter mess up and it really was disastrous."
"When I walked off the green, I felt like I had lost the Open. I finished it out and I really sank and was dejected.
"My son, three and a half, ran out onto the green. I picked him up and he looks at me - and like whether it's true or not, I felt he looked at me like I was the champion. I didn't feel like a loser.
"That really gave me a boost."
The 2007 win at Carnoustie was Harrington's first major Championship win but certainly not his last. He defended his Open title a year later and won the PGA Championship in 2008 to take his tally to three.
He added another major title to his stacked trophy cabinet last year when he won the 2022 US Senior Open Championship by one stroke from Steve Stricker.
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