‘I created some of that emotion’: Pádraig Harrington’s rivalry with Sergio Garcia was clear on Sky commentary

“There’s certainly an undercurrent, definitely,” said Harrington.

It was somehow fitting that Sergio Garcia’s Major breakthrough came in a tournament where Pádraig Harrington was absent, writes Stephen Barry.

The Irishman stood between Garcia and a Major title in the 2007 Open Championship, where Garcia missed a ten-foot putt for victory, and the 2008 US PGA Championship, where the Spaniard again surrendered a lead to Harrington.