Padraig Harrington believes he's learning how to win from the front after he dug deep to win his third PGA Tour Champions title of the year at the Ascension Charity Classic in St Louis and closed the gap on Steven Alker at the top of the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Shane Lowry called it the best Irish side since he and Rory McIlroy played their part in the first of back-to-back European Amateur Men's Team Championship wins in Scotland in 2007. This time the venue is Linna Golf in Finland — home of Irish Open champion Mikko Ilonen — but the golf was of the same stellar order as the side captained by Pádraig Hogan and mentored by National Coach Neil Manchip crushed the holders England 5-2 to set up a title decider with Spain on Saturday.
Robbie Cannon is not happy that he’s missed out on selection for the Home Internationals. . Pictured during his playoff win at the Irish Amateur Open by Eoin Clarke www.golffile.ieWhen a player gets more texts and phone calls after failing to get picked for a team than he does for winning a major international championship, something doesn’t add up.
