Colorado Springs, CO – Padraig Harrington came to the top of the major championship, which felt like match play.
Harrington played alongside Sink for the fourth day in a row, shooting a 3-under 67 and finishing at 11-under 269 on the tricky, extremely sloping broadmoor. The Irishman sealed the match by hitting an 8-foot approach on No. 18, putting pressure on the sink.
Cink’s approach landed on a cliff on the shelf, but it spun backwards and didn’t rest until it was 35 feet away to set up the two putts.
It gave Harrington the advantage, who had two putts to seal the victory, but had the final laugh going to Broadmoor.
A few minutes ago, the sink looked inside six feet and tied it to 16 and 17. A 16-16 slid left, with 17 seconds burning the edge and staying correctly. Cink hit more green on 72 holes than anyone else (64), but downplayed the importance of it on this course, but turns out to be correct.
The key is really the putter. Cink needed more than two on the fourth day of the showdown than Harrington. This is the difference between victory and loss.
Harrington won the second US open title for the first time in four years, adding it to the trophy case, including the 2007 and ’08 British Open and the 2008 PGA.
The only player who threatened to join the mix on the two show was Miguel Angel Jimenez. After opening with Bogey, Jimenez made eight birdies and pulled inside the lead shot.
However, he had to yank the tee shot left on No. 18 and punch out and make a bogey. He still shot the tournament’s best round, 6 under 64, and finished with the third two shot.
Another player from the Cink-Harrington Group – the player teeed three tees to pound the weather – was Mark Hensby.
Celebrating his 54th birthday, Hensby couldn’t recall the magic and the share of the lead that led to 19 birdies in the first three days. He made only twice on Sunday, shooting 73 over 3 and finished fourth with Thomas Bjorn with 5 under 5.
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Harrington’s signature shot was his final birdie of the day. Par 4 11th place 12 footer put him 11 under. It had a straight look, one of the few people who took part in this golf course.
But in reality, it might have come 24 hours ago when he set up a matchplay scene that led to the final shot, setting up four times in a row with the same tee time, leading to the final shot, with a tip from 20 yards from Green for the birdie that tied him together towards the final day.
