Hall of Fame honour a fitting testament to Pádraig Harrington’s extraordinary career

Pádraig Harrington celebrates with the Claret Jug in front of the scoreboard after winning the 137th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

Perhaps, as a child, a different white ball held sway in the Harrington sporting household. His father Paddy Harrington was an All-Ireland Gaelic football finalist with Cork – twice, in 1956 and ‘57 – and it was only natural his son, too, would have some ambition in that particular sporting pursuit.Scottie Scheffler handles the pressure as he wins again in Ohio

“I suppose it’s a way of measuring success so once you do start playing well it does become on your radar and it’s something you want to become part of, for sure. “So you know if you can get to that next level you really are heading to the Hall of Fame and that’s something that is very important for me, even more so now that I’m on the Champions Tour because I’m hanging out with Hall of Fame guys, so you’re kind of looking at these guys and you want to be one of them, you want to be part of it, and many of the guys on the Champions Tour, they’re a little bit older than me, their careers were a little bit ahead of me so they were actually guys I would...

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