Make more room in the record books for Bernhard Langer.Not only did the 65-year-old German become the oldest champion – by eight years – in the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday at SentryWorld, he surpassed five-time USGA champ Hale Irwin as the winningest player in PGA Tour Champions history with 46 titles.
Fourteen years after his third Major win and six years after his last tournament victory of any kind Pádraig Harrington proved he still has the Major X-Factor when he held off a charging Steve Stricker to gain some revenge for last year's Ryder Cup defeat and win the US Senior Open by a shot.
Padraig Harrington overcame a broken driver during his warm up and what he called a rough patch mid-round on Friday to post a six-under-par 65 to lead the US Senior Open Championship by a shot from Steve Stricker at halfway on the Old Course at Saucon Valley Country Club.
