Padraig Harrington was the first European in eight years to win a major. (Getty Images)
Seemingly done in by another historic meltdown on Carnoustie's
diabolical 18th, Padraig
Harrington instead gets a second chance from Sergio Garcia
to win his first major title and capitalizes in a playoff, Steve
Elling says.
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The chances were there all day for Sergio Garcia as putt after putt lipped out of the hole, including a 10 footer on the 72nd hole that would have earned the snake-bitten Spaniard his first major. Steve Elling says that lady luck does not favor the tortured 27-year-old.
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