Padraig Harrington seals another major after storming to ISPS HANDA Senior Open Championship glory
The three-time major champ took a two-shot lead into the final round at Sunningdale, and never looked back as he closed out a dominant wire-to-wire win.
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He got off to a flyer with a stunning eagle at the first, before picking up birdies at six and nine to keep the momentum going.
The Dubliner's only blemish on the front nine came at the eighth, where he dropped a shot with a bogey.
But the Stackstown golf legend hit back in style to see out his second senior major title of the year after his win at the US Open in Colorado last month.
He then carded another birdie at the 14th to stretch his lead to three shots over Justin Leonard, holding firm as the pressure mounted from the American.
And the 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee then held his nerve as after a bogey on 17, prior to finding a tough lie in the bunker on his approach.
But the chasing Leonard couldn't make a par putt as Harrington maintained the three-shot lead heading up the last with caddie Ronan Flood.
53-year-old Harrington negotiated the last with a par to finish on -3 for his final round for a sixteen under par total as he lapped up the applause from a huge crowd in Berkshire.
He finished three-strokes ahead of Thomas Bjorn and Justin Leonard, who signed-off for a total of -13 at Sunningdale.
It's was his third senior major after wins at the 2022 and 2025 US Open Championships.
He joins Darren Clarke and Christy O'Connor Jr as the only men from the Emerald Isle to win the Senior Open Championship crown.
There was an overall purse of $2.85m on offer- - and a first prize of $447,800 for Harrington.
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