Luck Of The Irish
Padraig Harrington must have eaten his Lucky Charms and wished upon his guardian leprechaun yesterday morning, because instead of being the next [Jean Van de Velde], Paddy is the [2007 British Open champion](http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen07/news/story?id=2945279). After making a double-bogey six on the final hole to lose a one-shot leada sequence eerily similar to Van de Veldes [infamous collapse](ttp://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/07/17/tragedy_set_in_scotland_van_de_velde_revisited/) at this same Carnoustie course in 1999Sergio Garcia also bogeyed the last hole to force a playoff.
As always, Garcia folded like cheap lawn chair from Wal-Mart under pressure, double-bogeying the opening hole of the four-hole playoff to basically give Harrington the championship. Paddy became the first Irishman in 60 years to get his name on the Claret Jug and, with the win, ended Europes eight-year drought in major championships; as he and Sergio continued to prove, however, Europeans still don't have spines.