Mr. Clutch

A lot of people missed Padraig Harrington becoming the next big thing in golf today (with no Tiger in the field and Olympics on NBC). The Irishman has now won two consecutive majors and three of the last six. He also did it with some clutch shots today, just like he did at Royal Birkdale last month.

Harrington buried clutch putts down the stretch on 16, 17 and 18 to put poor Sergio Garcia away. I don't even think Sergio choked this time, Harrington just snatched it from him at the end. That putt on 18 was oddly reminiscent of one Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open this year. 

To put this all into perspective - Harrington now has as many Major championships as such greats as Hale Irwin, Payne Stewart, Nick Price, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickleson. He has one more win than Ben Crenshaw and Greg Norman.