Harrington: ‘I kind of knew I was going to make it hard’

A COUPLE of hours after his victory in the Irish Open, Padraig Harrington was signing autographs for admirers when a lady asked him if he was going back to Dublin.

Quick as a flash, he replied: “I have a wife in the clubhouse and she will decide. I may be Irish Open champion, but nothing changes decisions like that.”

The crowd loved it, of course, and when Harrington was finally free to join his wife, Caroline; his mother, Breda; his caddie, Ronan Flood, and his wife, Suzie (a sister of Caroline); and several other members of the family, they left wholesome in their praise for a consummate golfer and genuine nice guy.