British Open Championship Results
Writing by bettingfool on Monday, 21 of July , 2008 at 10:56 am
Funny how things work out sometimes. Padraig Harrington had the best profile of all the golfers at this year’s British Open at Royal Birkdale: the defending champion, a European Tour vet, and someone not likely to be put off by the lousy weather.
Then Harrington injured his wrist hitting an impact bag, and his British Open odds started tumbling, from 14-1 to 16-1 to 33-1. But sure enough, Harrington shot a 74-68-72-69 to finish at +3, four strokes better than Ian Poulter and six ahead of Greg Norman, who held the lead after three rounds.
Sergio Garcia, who was the favorite going into the Open at 8-1, got progressively worse as the weekend wore on. He shot a 78 on Sunday and ended up tied for 51st place with a +17. Ernie Els rebounded from his opening round 80 to finish at +12, and Phil Mickelson came in at +14, tied with the immortal Jean Van de Velde.
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