Sometimes a sporting competitor summarises a truth so completely that it deserves to be established as a tenet. In this case, we submit Harrington’s Law. Pádraig Harrington transformed himself from a nearly man with 29 second-place finishes on the European Tour to a three-time major winner, all three of which came during a ferocious 13-month window. What changed? After a magnificent display of links golf at Royal Birkdale in 2008 to secure a second successive Open, Harrington offered his profound answer: essentially, nothing.

Source: Irish Examiner December 20, 2025 17:30 UTC