Padraig Harrington

In his first season on the senior circuit, the 51-year-old Irishman has now earned three wins, most recently Sunday at the 2022 Ascension Charity Classic. If ...

Alker was victorious at the Rapiscan Systems Classic, Insperity Invitational and KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, and has also lost in a pair of playoffs at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and ClubCorp Classic. If you’re keeping track at home, that’s now two wins in Harrington’s last three starts after he previously claimed the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in August and the U.S. Steve Stricker finished in third at 12 under, followed by Bernhard Langer in fourth at 11 under.

ST. LOUIS — Padraig Harrington built a comfortable lead and even a few mistakes at the end couldn't keep him from winning the Ascension Charity Classic on ...

But he ran out of holes and Harrington stayed in control. Both made birdie on the fifth, but that was the last birdie Stricker made. Steve Stricker, who started one shot behind Harrington, caught him when the Irishman took double bogey on the par-3 fourth hole.

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But in the end, it was all about golf. But in the end, there was nothing political, nothing tragic, nothing strange about it. In the end, it was entertaining golf. “I don't think I've ever stood over a pitch from 40 yards as it was and thought 'don't knife this into the hospitality in front of me,' but that crossed my mind,” Harrington said. He was back in St. Meanwhile, the environment was a bit surreal and somber for some of those competing in the Ascension Charity Classic. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve known to have a king. Meanwhile, the PGA Tour Champions crowd was in St. And of course here we are, as a Brit, in St. While Montgomerie was at Norwood Hills, his wife was back in England, placing flowers at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. The winningest Champions Tour player of all time—Hale Irwin—keeps a residence in St. For instance, having concluded its Tour Championship a couple of weeks ago, the PGA Tour is in between seasons.

Win draws Harrington closer to Steven Alker in Charles Schwab Cup standings.

“I tried to more attack the pin.” He drew within $134,000 of leader Steven Alker of New Zealand, making for a tight race as the season winds down in the autumn. Harrington racked up eight birdies on the day but also double-bogeyed the par-three fourth and made three bogeys over his last six holes, including 18.

The 51-year-old recorded his highest score of the week, but it was still enough for him to win the Ascension Charity Classic by a single shot.

But it was a tough final round for Darren Clarke who fell down the leaderboard to finish in a tie for 24th on five under par after a last round 73, which included five bogeys and three birdies. The 51-year-old recorded his highest score of the week, but it was still enough for him to win the Ascension Charity Classic by a single shot. Padraig Harrington claimed his third PGA Tour Champions victory of the year on Sunday to cap off a brilliant weekend for Irish golfers.