outside Faldo and Seve, Harrington is the BEST european player of the modern age.
He is good, but not that good. His majors record is excellent, but there are a lot of european players who have done better outside the majors than Harrington.
[QUOTE=BerntR;75692]He is good, but not that good. His majors record is excellent, but there are a lot of european players who have done better outside the majors than Harrington.[/quote]
Such as?
Westwood? Monty? Casey?
All good players but the truth is that Monty would swap all of his order of merit titles for just one major, Padraig has three, you don't get three by accident. It is majors that define a players career. The bashing that Padraig is getting from european media beggars belief and I think could cause serious disunity amongst the team. If we remember the last contentious captain's pick, it was when Woosie went with Clarke and Westwood and left out Thomas Bjorn. We all know how that ended up at the K-Club!
No-one is saying that Rose and Casey weren't worthy of being in the mix, but Harrington got the pick and it is time for the media to drop the issue and start getting behind the team.
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
Well, it's a wrap, and what a great victory for Europe, its team and its Captain. The USA team battled hard down the stretch, but the deficit at day's beginning proved too much.
. Year Site USA Eur/GB/GBI W
2008 Valhalla Golf Club
Louisville, Kentucky 16 ½ 11 ½ USA
2006 The K Club, Straffan
Co. Kildare, Ireland 9 ½ 18 ½ E
2004 Oakland Hills CC
Bloomfield Township, MI 9 ½ 18 ½ E
2002 The Belfry
Sutton Coldfield, England 12 ½ 15 ½ E
1999 The Country Club
Brookline, MA 14 ½ 13 ½ USA
1997 Valderrama GC
Sotogrande Spain 13 ½ 14 ½ E
1995 Oak Hill CC
Rochester, NY 13 ½ 14 ½ E
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