PGA Championship
Winner
NSW Fixed Odds updated at 19:00:25
Includes Playoff 21:30 Thu 07 Aug 2008
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
25102 MICKELSON Phil 11.00 $
25060 HARRINGTON Padraig 21.00 $
25128 SINGH Vijay 21.00 $
25048 FURYK Jim 23.00 $
25049 GARCIA Sergio 23.00 $
25052 GOOSEN Retief 23.00 $
25078 KIM Anthony 26.00 $
25125 SCOTT Adam 26.00 $
25150 WESTWOOD Lee 26.00 $
25039 ELS Ernie 29.00 $
25108 OGILVY Geoff 29.00 $
25001 ALLENBY Robert 34.00 $
25003 APPLEBY Stuart 34.00 $
25021 CASEY Paul 41.00 $
25022 CHOI K.J. 41.00 $
25024 CINK Stewart 41.00 $
25114 PERRY Kenny 41.00 $
25132 STENSON Henrik 41.00 $
25090 MAHAN Hunter 51.00 $
25116 POULTER Ian 51.00 $
25121 ROSE Justin 51.00 $
25074 KARLSSON Robert 61.00 $
25085 LEONARD Justin 61.00 $
25134 STRICKER Steve 61.00 $
25149 WEIR Mike 61.00 $
25008 BADDELEY Aaron 67.00 $
25019 CAMPBELL Chad 67.00 $
25067 IMMELMAN Trevor 67.00 $
25072 JOHNSON Zach 67.00 $
25106 OHAIR Sean 67.00 $
25002 AMES Stephen 81.00 $
25026 CLARKE Darren 81.00 $
25070 JIMENEZ Miguel Angel 81.00 $
25131 SNEDEKER Brandt 81.00 $
25143 VILLEGAS Camilo 81.00 $
25017 CABRERA Angel 101.00 $
25025 CLARK Tim 101.00 $
25032 DIMARCO Chris 101.00 $
25107 OHERN Nick 101.00 $
25120 ROMERO Andres 101.00 $
25122 SABBATINI Rory 101.00 $
25147 WEEKLEY Boo 101.00 $
25064 HOLMES J.B 126.00 $
25076 KAYMER Martin 126.00 $
25086 LONARD Peter 126.00 $
25100 MEDIATE Rocco 126.00 $
25111 PAMPLING Rod 126.00 $
25140 TRAHAN D.J. 126.00 $
25142 VERPLANK Scott 126.00 $
25006 AUSTIN Woody 151.00 $
25043 FISHER Ross 151.00 $
25051 GOGGIN Mathew 151.00 $
25054 GREEN Richard 151.00 $
25066 IMADA Ryuji 151.00 $
25068 JACOBSON Fredrik 151.00 $
25088 LOVE III Davis 151.00 $
25098 MCDOWELL Graeme 151.00 $
25130 SLOCUM Heath 151.00 $
25009 BAIRD Briny 201.00 $
25015 BRYANT Bart 201.00 $
25023 CHOPRA Daniel 201.00 $
25027 COUPLES Fred 201.00 $
25028 CRANE Ben 201.00 $
25029 CURTIS Ben 201.00 $
25036 DUKE Ken 201.00 $
25038 ELKINGTON Steve 201.00 $
25065 HOWELL III Charles 201.00 $
25097 MAYFAIR Billy 201.00 $
25101 MERRICK John 201.00 $
25113 PEREZ Pat 201.00 $
25115 PETTERSSON Carl 201.00 $
25126 SENDEN John 201.00 $
25139 TOMS David 201.00 $
25145 WATSON Bubba 201.00 $
25016 BYRD Jonathan 251.00 $
25042 FASTH Niclas 251.00 $
25058 HANSEN Soren 251.00 $
25156 MCLACHLIN Parker 251.00 $
25103 MONTGOMERIE Colin 251.00 $
25117 QUINNEY Jeff 251.00 $
25119 REAVIE Chez 251.00 $
25127 SINGH Jeev Milkha 251.00 $
25135 SUTHERLAND Kevin 251.00 $
25153 WILSON Oliver 251.00 $
25004 ARMOUR III Tommy 301.00 $
25034 DOUGHERTY Nick 301.00 $
25044 FLESCH Steve 301.00 $
25057 HANSEN Anders 301.00 $
25077 KELLY Jerry 301.00 $
25159 KRESGE Cliff 301.00 $
25082 LARRAZABAL Pablo 301.00 $
25089 LOWERY Steve 301.00 $
25093 MARINO Steve 301.00 $
25104 MOORE Ryan 301.00 $
25124 SCHWARTZEL Charl 301.00 $
25137 TAYLOR Vaughn 301.00 $
25144 WAGNER Johnson 301.00 $
25152 WILSON Dean 301.00 $
25018 CALCAVECCHIA Mark 401.00 $
25037 DYSON Simon 401.00 $
25050 GAY Brian 401.00 $
25053 GOYDOS Paul 401.00 $
25056 HAMILTON Todd 401.00 $
25059 HANSON Peter 401.00 $
25062 HEDBLOM Peter 401.00 $
25063 HENRY J.J. 401.00 $
25073 JONES Brendan 401.00 $
25083 LEHMAN Tom 401.00 $
25091 MALLINGER John 401.00 $
25099 MCNEILL George 401.00 $
25161 PERNICE Jr. Tom 401.00 $
25133 STRANGE Scott 401.00 $
25157 THOMPSON Nicholas 401.00 $
25158 WI Charlie 401.00 $
25010 BEEM Rich 501.00 $
25014 BROWN Mark 501.00 $
25020 CAMPBELL Michael 501.00 $
25030 DALY John 501.00 $
25046 FORSYTH Alastair 501.00 $
25055 HAAS Jay 501.00 $
25071 JOHNSON Richard S. 501.00 $
25079 KINGSTON James 501.00 $
25080 KJELDSEN Soren 501.00 $
25109 OOSTHUIZEN Louis 501.00 $
25112 PAVIN Corey 501.00 $
25118 RANDHAWA Jyoti 501.00 $
25141 TWAY Bob 501.00 $
25160 ALLEN Michael 751.00 $
25081 KRAFT Greg 751.00 $
25094 MARKSAENG Prayad 751.00 $
25110 OTTO Hennie 751.00 $
25136 TANIGUCHI Toru 751.00 $
25146 WEBSTER Steve 751.00 $
25007 AZINGER Paul 1501.00 $
25013 BROOKS Mark 1501.00 $
25041 ESTES James 1501.00 $
25047 FUJITA Hiroyuki 1501.00 $
25061 HEBERT Scott 1501.00 $
25005 ARNOLD Sam 2001.00 $
25011 BENZEL Ryan 2001.00 $
25031 DEAN Brad 2001.00 $
25035 DUGAS Eric 2001.00 $
25040 ESPOSITO Jr. Frank 2001.00 $
25045 FLINTON Kyle 2001.00 $
25069 JEWELL Vince 2001.00 $
25084 LEIBOVICH Rick 2001.00 $
25087 LONG David 2001.00 $
25092 MANNING Eric 2001.00 $
25095 MARTIN Brad 2001.00 $
25096 MARTIN Jeffrey 2001.00 $
25105 MORIN Alan 2001.00 $
25123 SANDERS Curt 2001.00 $
25129 SKINNER Sonny 2001.00 $
25138 THELEN Tim 2001.00 $
25148 WEINHART Tim 2001.00 $
25154 YRENE Don 2001.00 $

Scott fails, Pampling performs

August 08, 2008
ROD Pampling made a brilliant birdie at the final hole to edge within two strokes of the first round lead at the US PGA Championship.

The Queenslander struck a five-iron to inside three metres to finish in style at the tough par-four 18th, carding an even-par 70 at Oakland Hills.

"It was a good, solid day. I got off to a good start at the first hole, chipped it in (for birdie)," said Pampling, who heads the Australian contingent after a day in which 18 players failed to complete the round due to a weather delay.

Swede Robert Karlsson and Indian Jeev Milkha Singh are the clubhouse leaders on two-under 68, while Argentine Andres Romero is also two under with two holes left.

Pampling is best of the Australians, with Richard Green, Aaron Baddeley, Steve Elkington and Brendan Jones also well placed on 71, and Scott Strange one-over after 16 holes.

Geoff Ogilvy shot 73, but Adam Scott's hopes all but disappeared with a 77 that left him needing an outstanding second round just to make the cut.

Scott double-bogeyed the difficult par-three ninth to go four-over at the turn, and never recovered on the back nine.

He cut a forlorn figure as he walked alone to his car, caddie Tony Navarro and coach Butch Harmon trailing behind.

Pampling has been quiet the past few weeks, missing the cut at the British Open and finishing a long way back at last week's tournament in Ohio, but he was very happy with his swing in round one.

Green, meanwhile, made a nightmare start with a bogey at the first hole, where he found a fairway bunker and caught the lip with his second shot, but he buckled down to shoot a very respectable score.

"It was a good round, considering the start," he said.

"My emotions weren't exactly on the happy side, so it was important that I made a birdie at the second hole and steadied the ship.

"Every part of my game was really good, apart from the first hole. I hit some great shots through the closing holes."

At the 18th, Green had 200 metres to the hole with his second shot.

He hit a perfect two-iron that landed on the front of the green, but trickled all the way through to the back rough.

"I couldn't have hit a better shot," he said. "I drilled it."

Meanwhile, co-leader Singh shrugged of an ankle injury to tie for the lead.

Singh has an inflamed tendon in his right ankle, an injury he suffered seven weeks ago, but it hasn't stopped him from winning twice since then - once in Europe and once in Japan.

"It's worked for me pretty good, touch wood," said Singh, whose father Milkha was one of India's greatest runners.

Known as the 'The Flying Sikh', he finished fourth in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Olympic Games.

His son made a flying start.



All the scores from the PGA Championship
MAJOR: U.S PGA Championship
Pos Name NAT Hole To Par 1 2 3 4 Total
T1 Robert Karlsson SWE F -2 68 68
T1 Jeev Milkha Singh IND F -2 68 68
T1 Andres Romero ARG 15 -2 0
T4 Sergio Garcia ESP F -1 69 69
T4 Ken Duke USA F -1 69 69
T4 Sean O'Hair USA F -1 69 69
T4 Billy Mayfair USA F -1 69 69
T8 Brian Gay USA F E 70 70
T8 Mark Calcavecchia USA F E 70 70
T8 Michael Allen USA F E 70 70

Baddeley in contention, Scott out

August 09, 2008
ADAM Scott will have blood tests next week in an effort to identify the mysterious illness that has sapped his strength several times over the past four months.

Scott completed a "wasted year" in the majors when he missed the cut by two strokes after the second round at the US PGA Championship.

On a day when fellow Australian Aaron Baddeley moved within three strokes of American leader J.B. Holmes at Oakland Hills, Scott could only reflect on what might have been had he been fit and healthy.

"I've got to get some blood tests to make sure I don't have anything too serious," said the 28-year-old Queenslander, who has been bothered more than once by painful throat ulcers.

Scott's woes started the week before the Masters, when he fell ill with a fever that was accompanied by ulcers.

It was much the same condition that knocked him for six last week, preventing him from preparing properly for the PGA.

And then there was the broken bone in his right hand, which he incurred when a mate slammed a car door on it just three weeks before the US Open, preventing any meaningful preparation for that event either.

Under the circumstances, Scott should not be ashamed of his results in the first three majors - equal 25th at the Masters, tied 26th at the United States Open and equal 16th at the British Open.

Even though he worked hard on the range with coach Butch Harmon on Monday and Tuesday this week, he could not find his missing swing in time for the PGA.

An opening seven-over-par 77 cooked his goose, and though a second round 73 was better than the average score, it was too little, too late.

"I had a lot of bad rhythm," said Scott, who only a month ago was ranked fourth in the world.

"It's easy to time it on the range, much harder on the course. It didn't really fall into place at all.

"I played as bad as I have all year, ball-striking wise. I only made one birdie in two days, and that was a two-putt.

"My swing was horrible. I didn't hit many fairways, therefore I didn't hit many greens, so I never had chances for birdie."

Fellow Queenslander Rod Pampling also made an early exit after a shocking meltdown.

He was within one stroke of the lead early in the second round, but dropped 11 shots in 11 holes mid-round on his way to an 81.

Baddeley, on the other hand, made a fast start with an eagle at the par-five second, where he drained a 15-metre putt, before hanging on in extremely tough conditions to card a stellar 71 that left him equal seventh.

Long-hitting American J.B. Holmes was the only player to finish 36 holes under par, as a moderate breeze, thick rough, severely sloping greens and firm conditions conspired to test the skill and patience of the world's best.

Holmes carded 68 to post a one-under-par 139 halfway total, one stroke ahead of compatriot Ben Curtis, Englishman Justin Rose and Korean Charlie Wi, while pre-tournament favourite Phil Mickelson was four behind.

It was the first time since 1972 that only one player was under par after two rounds at the PGA.

It's no coincidence the championship that year was also held at Oakland Hills.

Baddeley was the only Australian close to the lead, with Steve Elkington next best, five shots back after a nightmare bogey, bogey, double bogey finish at the final three holes.

"In the end I was pleased (with my score) because it was so difficult out there," said Baddeley, who played the 18th hole while a light plane flew overheard towing a banner advertising a local strip club.

"It was nice to get ahead of the game early. I had a couple of chances on the back nine which would have been nice to convert, on (holes) 11 and 13, but it was hard."

Baddeley expressed satisfaction with every facet of his game, except perhaps his driving, which he may need to tighten up to contend.

"I didn't drive it too bad on the back nine. I didn't drive it as well on the front nine. If I can hit a couple more fairways, I think I'm fairly good."



FULL LEADERBOARD
1 15 J.B. Holmes -1 F -2 71 68 - - 139
T2 6 Charlie Wi E F E 70 70 - - 140
T2 41 Ben Curtis E F -3 73 67 - - 140
T2 41 Justin Rose E F -3 73 67 - - 140
T5 28 David Toms +1 F -1 72 69 - - 141
T5 11 Henrik Stenson +1 F E 71 70 - - 141
T7 1 Angel Cabrera +2 F +2 70 72 - - 142
T7 9 Brandt Snedeker +2 F +1 71 71 - - 142
T7 6 Jeev Milkha Singh +2 F +4 68 74 - - 142
T7 9 Aaron Baddeley +2 F +1 71 71 - - 142
T7 4 Ken Duke +2 F +3 69 73 - - 142
T7 4 Sergio Garcia +2 F +3 69 73 - - 142
T7 4 Sean O'Hair +2 F +3 69 73 - - 142
T14 2 Nicholas Thompson +3 F +2 71 72 - - 143
T14 2 Briny Baird +3 F +2 71 72 - - 143
T14 47 Paul Goydos +3 F -1 74 69 - - 143
T14 19 D.J. Trahan +3 F +1 72 71 - - 143
T14 19 Boo Weekley +3 F +1 72 71 - - 143
T14 6 Phil Mickelson +3 F +3 70 73 - - 143
T14 29 Steve Flesch +3 F E 73 70 - - 143
T21 13 Brian Gay +4 F +4 70 74 - - 144
T21 40 Tom Lehman +4 F E 74 70 - - 144
T21 22 Michael Campbell +4 F +1 73 71 - - 144
T21 5 Steve Elkington +4 F +3 71 73 - - 144
T21 5 Peter Hanson +4 F +3 71 73 - - 144
T26 18 Michael Allen +5 F +5 70 75 - - 145
T26 10 Padraig Harrington +5 F +4 71 74 - - 145
T26 35 Ian Poulter +5 F +1 74 71 - - 145
T26 7 Rory Sabbatini +5 F +3 72 73 - - 145
T26 17 Alastair Forsyth +5 F +2 73 72 - - 145
T26 25 Robert Karlsson +5 F +7 68 77 - - 145
T26 10 Carl Pettersson +5 F +4 71 74 - - 145
T26 18 Anthony Kim +5 F +5 70 75 - - 145
T26 35 Justin Leonard +5 F +1 74 71 - - 145
T35 40 Fredrik Jacobson +6 F +1 75 71 - - 146
T35 55 Stuart Appleby +6 F E 76 70 - - 146
T35 19 Ernie Els +6 F +5 71 75 - - 146
T35 2 Retief Goosen +6 F +4 72 74 - - 146
T35 8 Dean Wilson +6 F +3 73 73 - - 146
T35 74 Mark Brown +6 F -1 77 69 - - 146
T35 8 Pat Perez +6 F +3 73 73 - - 146
T35 2 Paul Casey +6 F +4 72 74 - - 146
T35 26 Camilo Villegas +6 F +2 74 72 - - 146
T35 19 Steve Stricker +6 F +5 71 75 - - 146
T35 26 Graeme McDowell +6 F +2 74 72 - - 146
T35 8 Niclas Fasth +6 F +3 73 73 - - 146
T35 55 Prayad Marksaeng +6 F E 76 70 - - 146
T48 42 Kevin Sutherland +7 F +1 76 71 - - 147
T48 5 Rocco Mediate +7 F +4 73 74 - - 147
T48 32 Mark Calcavecchia +7 F +6 71 76 - - 147
T48 27 Chris DiMarco +7 F +2 75 72 - - 147
T48 45 Andres Romero +7 F +8 69 78 - - 147
T48 15 John Mallinger +7 F +5 72 75 - - 147
T48 61 Hiroyuki Fujita +7 F E 77 70 - - 147
T48 5 Steve Marino +7 F +4 73 74 - - 147
T48 61 Charl Schwartzel +7 F E 77 70 - - 147
T48 5 Geoff Ogilvy +7 F +4 73 74 - - 147
T48 45 Billy Mayfair +7 F +8 69 78 - - 147
T59 31 Louis Oosthuizen +8 F +2 76 72 - - 148
T59 16 Bubba Watson +8 F +3 75 73 - - 148
T59 26 Paul Azinger +8 F +6 72 76 - - 148
T59 26 Charles Howell III +8 F +6 72 76 - - 148
T59 16 John Merrick +8 F +5 73 75 - - 148
T59 31 John Senden +8 F +2 76 72 - - 148
T59 16 Mike Weir +8 F +5 73 75 - - 148
T59 26 James Kingston +8 F +6 72 76 - - 148
T59 31 Tim Clark +8 F +2 76 72 - - 148
T59 16 Corey Pavin +8 F +3 75 73 - - 148
T59 43 Jim Furyk +8 F +7 71 77 - - 148
T59 31 Robert Allenby +8 F +2 76 72 - - 148
T59 2 Peter Lonard +8 F +4 74 74 - - 148
T59 43 Richard Green +8 F +7 71 77 - - 148
T59 65 Chez Reavie +8 F E 78 70 - - 148

Projected Cut - lowest 70 scores and ties
T74 58 Brendan Jones +9 F +8 71 78 - - 149
T74 13 John Daly +9 F +5 74 75 - - 149
T74 1 Soren Kjeldsen +9 F +4 75 74 - - 149
T74 1 Bob Tway +9 F +4 75 74 - - 149
T74 16 Fred Couples +9 F +3 76 73 - - 149
T74 1 Tom Pernice Jr. +9 F +4 75 74 - - 149
T74 50 Johnson Wagner +9 F +1 78 71 - - 149
T74 58 Frank Esposito Jr.PGA +9 F +8 71 78 - - 149
T74 31 Simon Dyson +9 F +6 73 76 - - 149
T74 16 Zach Johnson +9 F +3 76 73 - - 149
T74 66 Ryan Moore +9 F +9 70 79 - - 149
T74 31 Rich Beem +9 F +6 73 76 - - 149
T74 16 Todd Hamilton +9 F +3 76 73 - - 149
T87 3 J.J. Henry +10 F +4 76 74 - - 150
T87 44 Jay Haas +10 F +7 73 77 - - 150
T87 26 Mark Brooks +10 F +6 74 76 - - 150
T87 22 Adam Scott +10 F +3 77 73 - - 150
T87 26 Daniel Chopra +10 F +6 74 76 - - 150
T87 12 Richard S. Johnson +10 F +5 75 75 - - 150
T87 26 Nick O'Hern +10 F +6 74 76 - - 150
T87 37 Vaughn Taylor +10 F +2 78 72 - - 150
T95 34 Heath Slocum +11 F +7 74 77 - - 151
T95 20 Darren Clarke +11 F +6 75 76 - - 151
T95 20 Anders Hansen +11 F +6 75 76 - - 151
T95 52 Scott Strange +11 F +8 73 78 - - 151
T95 20 Don Yrene PGA +11 F +6 75 76 - - 151
T95 29 K.J. Choi +11 F +3 78 73 - - 151
T95 20 Stewart Cink +11 F +6 75 76 - - 151
T95 52 Miguel Angel Jimenez +11 F +8 73 78 - - 151
T95 87 Rod Pampling +11 F +11 70 81 - - 151
T95 34 Steve Lowery +11 F +7 74 77 - - 151
T105 31 Tommy Armour III +12 F +3 79 73 - - 152
T105 15 Vijay Singh +12 F +6 76 76 - - 152
T105 4 Stephen Ames +12 F +5 77 75 - - 152
T105 15 Chad Campbell +12 F +6 76 76 - - 152
T105 4 Jyoti Randhawa +12 F +5 77 75 - - 152
T105 15 Alan Morin PGA +12 F +6 76 76 - - 152
T105 4 Davis Love III +12 F +5 77 75 - - 152
T105 15 Hennie Otto +12 F +6 76 76 - - 152
T113 23 Trevor Immelman +13 F +7 76 77 - - 153
T113 4 Soren Hansen +13 F +6 77 76 - - 153
T113 4 Ross Fisher +13 F +6 77 76 - - 153
T113 23 Jerry Kelly +13 F +4 79 74 - - 153
T113 11 Sonny Skinner PGA +13 F +5 78 75 - - 153
T113 52 Tim Weinhart PGA +13 F +9 74 79 - - 153
T113 23 Parker McLachlin +13 F +7 76 77 - - 153
T120 4 Steve Webster +14 F +6 78 76 - - 154
T120 45 Martin Kaymer +14 F +9 75 79 - - 154
T120 16 Toru Taniguchi +14 F +5 79 75 - - 154
T120 23 Sam Arnold PGA +14 F +4 80 74 - - 154
T120 11 Bart Bryant +14 F +7 77 77 - - 154
T125 16 Ryan Benzel PGA +15 F +8 77 78 - - 155
T125 11 Jim Estes PGA +15 F +6 79 76 - - 155
T125 16 Scott Verplank +15 F +8 77 78 - - 155
T125 1 George McNeill +15 F +7 78 77 - - 155
T125 50 Ben Crane +15 F +10 75 80 - - 155
T125 28 Cliff Kresge +15 F +2 83 72 - - 155
T125 16 Lee Westwood +15 F +8 77 78 - - 155
T125 1 Oliver Wilson +15 F +7 78 77 - - 155
T133 15 Mathew Goggin +16 F +5 81 75 - - 156
T133 15 Jeff Quinney +16 F +5 81 75 - - 156
T133 10 Scott Hebert PGA +16 F +6 80 76 - - 156
T133 43 Peter Hedblom +16 F +10 76 80 - - 156
T133 9 Rick Leibovich PGA +16 F +8 78 78 - - 156
T138 10 Tim Thelen PGA +17 F +6 81 76 - - 157
T138 63 Jonathan Byrd +17 F +12 75 82 - - 157
T138 14 Jeff Martin PGA +17 F +9 78 79 - - 157
T138 5 Ryuji Imada +17 F +7 80 77 - - 157
T138 14 Greg Kraft +17 F +9 78 79 - - 157
T143 7 Woody Austin +18 F +9 79 79 - - 158
T143 7 Kyle Flinton PGA +18 F +9 79 79 - - 158
T143 - Pablo Larrazabal +18 F +8 80 78 - - 158
T143 34 Brad Martin PGA +18 F +11 77 81 - - 158
T143 19 Curt Sanders PGA +18 F +10 78 80 - - 158
148 39 Nick Dougherty +19 F +12 77 82 - - 159
T149 59 Colin Montgomerie +20 F +14 76 84 - - 160
T149 1 Hunter Mahan +20 F +9 81 79 - - 160
151 5 Eric Dugas PGA +21 F +4 87 74 - - 161
152 9 David Long PGA +22 F +12 80 82 - - 162
153 1 Vince Jewell PGA +23 F +8 85 78 - - 163
154 6 Eric Manning PGA +29 F +18 81 88 - - 169
155 - Brad Dean PGA +30 F +14 86 84 - - 170
WD - Kenny Perry - - - - - - - -

August 11, 2008

PADRAIG Harrington won his second Major title in three weeks and in the process broke Sergio Garcia's heart at the US PGA Championship.

Harrington putted brilliantly down the stretch, making lengthy putts at the final three holes to beat Spaniard Garcia and American Ben Curtis by two strokes in difficult conditions at Oakland Hills.

Irishman Harrington ended a 78-year-old European drought at the PGA, the first winner from the other side of the Atlantic since Tommy Armour, the Silver Scot, won the 1930 championship.

Harrington last month was simply brilliant over the final nine holes as he passed Greg Norman in the closing holes at the British Open, and this time he stuck a dagger into Garcia's heart.

One stroke ahead after a three-metre birdie at the 17th hole, Harrington hit a poor drive at the par-four 18th, laid up into the rough, and then fashioned a nine-iron to five metres, before sinking the putt to clinch victory.

"I was willing them into the hole," said Harrington, who carded 66 to finish at three-under-par 277.

Garcia (68), who subsequently missed a meaningless par putt, tied for second with Curtis (71) on one-under.

Garcia tried to be positive despite his bitter disappointment after losing to the same man who edged him in a play-off at last year's British Open.

"I gave it my all. Unfortunately, sometimes things don't want to go the right way," he said.

Aaron Baddeley (73) was the highest-placed Australian, nine strokes behind in a tie for 13th, one shot ahead of Stuart Appleby (72).

Harrington began the final round tied with Garcia, three strokes behind then leader Curtis.

But Garcia made the hottest start, a 1.5-metre birdie at the par-four first followed by a magnificent eagle at the par-five second.

Garcia held a two-shot lead over Curtis at the turn, with Harrington three behind, but the Irishman erased the deficit with three birdies in the next four holes.

A bogey at the 14th halted Harrington's momentum, before Garcia received a bad break at the 15th when his approach shot clattered against the pin, without dropping, and he could not convert the three-metre birdie putt.

The par-four 16th was the scene of high drama as Garcia found the water with his approach shot, his six-iron sucking back into the pond.

However, he made a great up-and-down to salvage bogey, while Harrington showed poise under pressure too, ramming home a four-metre par putt.

That left them tied with two holes left, and both hit career five-irons at the brutal par-three 17th, Harrington to three metres, before Garcia responded to the challenge by sticking his shot to inside 1.5 metres.

But Harrington got to putt first, and he made another assured stroke under the most immense pressure, his ball never looking like finishing anywhere except the bottom of the cup.

Garcia, whose sometimes dodgy putting stroke had held up well all day, deserted him at the wrong time, his ball lipping-out.

Advantage Harrington, who took a one-stroke lead to the final hole, where the drama only continued to build.

Both players hit poor drives, but Garcia drew a good lie in the rough and was able reach a greenside bunker with his second shot.

He could not hole his third shot and when Harrington salvaged his par, Curtis, playing behind, was the only danger.

After Curtis bogeyed the 17th he needed an eagle at the last, and when his second shot did not find the hole, Harrington had won his third Major title in six starts.
MAJOR: U.S PGA Championship
Pos Name NAT Hole To Par 1 2 3 4 Total
1 Padraig Harrington IRL F -3 71 74 66 66 277
T2 Sergio Garcia ESP F -1 69 73 69 68 279
T2 Ben Curtis USA F -1 73 67 68 71 279
T4 Henrik Stenson SWE F +1 71 70 68 72 281
T4 Camilo Villegas COL F +1 74 72 67 68 281
6 Steve Flesch USA F +2 73 70 70 69 282
T7 Phil Mickelson USA F +4 70 73 71 70 284
T7 Andres Romero ARG 17 +4 69 78 65 72 284
T9 Jeev Milkha Singh IND F +5 68 74 70 73 285
T9 Justin Rose ENG F +5 73 67 74 71 285
T9 Charlie Wi KOR F +5 70 70 71 74 285
T9 Alastair Forsyth SCO F +5 73 72 70 70 285

T13 Aaron Baddeley AUS F +6 71 71 71 73 286
T15 Stuart Appleby AUS F +7 76 70 69 72 287