Padraig Harrington is an Irish professional golfer and 2020 European Ryder Cup Captain who plays on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and DP World Tour. He has won three major championships on the PGA Tour, two Open Championships (2007 and 2008) and the 2008 PGA Championship along with his first PGA Tour Champions major at the 2022 US Senior Open Championship.
Padraig grew up in Rathfarnham, Dublin, where his journey started at Stackstown Golf Club with his father and four brothers.Padraig Harrington is an Irish professional golfer and 2020 European Ryder Cup Captain who plays on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and DP World Tour. He has won three major championships on the PGA Tour, two Open Championships (2007 and 2008) and the 2008 PGA Championship along with his first PGA Tour Champions major at the 2022 US Senior Open Championship.
Padraig grew up in Rathfarnham, Dublin, where his journey started at Stackstown Golf Club with his father and four brothers. He embarked on a successful amateur career, including three Walker Cup appearances, turning professional in September 1995 and recording his first professional victory at the 1996 Spanish Open. He has had a lasting and successful association with the Ryder Cup, having qualified for the European Team in 1999 and being named as captain two decades later.
In 2006, Padraig won the Harry Vardon Trophy by finishing #1 on the European Tour. The following year, he won the Irish Open at Adare Manor, making him the first Irish golfer to hoist the trophy in 25 years. Continuing this trajectory, he picked up the Claret Jug at the Open Championship at Carnoustie in 2007, the first Irishman in 60 years to win the major championship.
The following season, Padraig made his mark as the 24th player in history to achieve multiple Open victories, retaining his Open Championship title at Royal Birkdale. Winning the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills less than a month later, he was the first European to win the title since 1930. His maiden major title in his debut PGA Tour Champions season came at the 2022 US Senior Open Championship.
He reached a career-high third place in the World Rankings and was recognised with the European Tour, PGA Tour and PGA of America Player of the Year awards. Padraig also earned the Golf Writers’ trophies in the UK and US. He has several charitable interests and is actively involved in raising funds through The Padraig Harrington Charitable Foundation.
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Padraig’s Team
Manager
Adrian Mitchell
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Executive
Gilly Adcock
Caddie
Ronan Flood
Sports Psychologist
Dr Bob Rotella
Fitness Coach
Liam Hennessy
Putting Coach
Paul Hurrion
Swing Coach
Peter Cowen
Padraig’s Stats
69.35
Scoring Average
301.5
Driving Distance
1.742
Putting Average
6
Tour Champions Rank
Padraig’s Career Highlights
Winner
2007 and 2008
Padraig won consecutive Open Championship titles in 2007 and 2008, at Carnoustie and Royal Birkdale respectively.
Inductee
2024
"This is very exciting, obviously a huge honor,” Harrington said in a statement. “It’s somewhat humbling...and I’m very proud to be included with the players before me.”
Winner
2008
Padraig won the 2008 PGA Championship played at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Career High
2008
Padraig reached a career-high world ranking of #3 in 2008.
55 Top Tens
Career Record
Padraig has compiled an incredible 55 Top-10 finishes in his PGA Tour career.
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2021 onwards
Padraig has recorded 4 Top-10 finishes in the PGA Tour Champions including his victory at his first US Senior Open Championship and a second place in his first Major, at the 2022 Regions Tradition.
Winner
2021 / 2022
Padraig recorded his maiden victory in his debut year on the PGA TOUR Champions when he won at Saucon Valley by one shot.
Winner
2022
Padraig Harrington won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in dominant fashion. He shot a 62 on Saturday to build a five-shot cushion and coasted to an impressive victory.
The Padraig Harrington Charitable Foundation aims to provide financial assistance to deserving beneficiaries throughout Ireland and the rest of the world.
The Oesophageal Cancer Fund (OCF) is a registered charity with three main goals – to raise awareness of the symptoms of this type of cancer; to fund essential research into preventing and eradicating the disease; to support individuals and affected families. Padraig is a patron for the OCF.
Make-A-Wish (MAW) helps fulfil the life-changing wishes of children with critical illnesses. Wishes are proven to have physical and emotional benefits that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival and positively impact families and communities. Padraig is a patron for MAW.
Padraig is an R&A Working for Golf Ambassador. As part of its golf development programme, The R&A invests more than £5 million each year to promote golf worldwide, focusing on grassroots initiatives, coaching, public facilities, equipment provision, professional golf, amateur events and student golf.
Special Olympics (SO) is a global movement for inclusion using sport, health and leadership programmes to help children and adults with intellectual disabilities develop and improve their physical fitness. Padraig is a Golf Ambassador for SO.
Padraig is Patron of the Irish American Partnership which raises funds for schools and communities across the island of Ireland. It invests in education, supports peace and reconciliation initiatives in Northern Ireland, funds community organisations, grants university access scholarships, creates education centres for homeless youth, champions Gaelic games and promotes Irish arts and culture.
The Irish Youth Foundation (IYF) helps support the most at-risk young people across Ireland, focusing their energy and funds on the needs of underrepresented children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Padraig is a patron for the IYF.
Founded by former Irish journalist John O'Shea in response to seeing street children in Kolkata living in poverty, GOAL is a humanitarian charity working within the world's most vulnerable communities. Padraig is a patron for GOAL.
Padraig Harrington Design is the Irish professional golfer's course design business. His goal is to design Championship golf courses that both professionals and amateurs can enjoy. Padraig’s latest project is at The Renaissance Club in Scotland, where he acts as Player Consultant alongside golf course architect, Tom Doak.
Founded in 1968, the PGA TOUR is a non-profit organisation that operates the main professional men’s golf tours played in the United States and North America.
The PGA European Tour was founded in 1972 and operates the elite DP World Tour (formerly European Tour), Legends Tour (formerly European Senior Tour) and the Challenge Tour. The 3 competitions serve as the leading men's professional golf tours in Europe.
PGA Tour Champions
2021 – Present
The PGA Tour Champions is the men's professional senior golf tour, and operates as a branch of the PGA Tour.
Awards & Recognition
Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
2013
Padraig was recognised with an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2013 for representing Ireland internationally with his outstanding sporting achievements.
Honorary Patron, University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin
2013
Padraig was named Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin, in 2013.
James Joyce Award, University College Dublin
2012
Padraig's remarkable sporting achievements made him ‘an inspirational figure in the lives of many young people in Ireland and across the world', motivating his James Joyce Award from the University College Dublin Literary & Historical Society in 2012.
Honorary Degree, University of St Andrews
2010
Padraig was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of St Andrews in recognition of his contribution to the sport of golf and in acknowledgement of his outstanding achievements.
Honorary Fellowship, Dublin Business School
2006
In 2006 Padraig was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Dublin Business School, in association with Liverpool John Moores University, recognising the international sporting achievements of their alumni.
