Harrington Emotional After Opening Tee Shot Honour

English part of first-place knot

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Sunlight streaked through a few low-hanging clouds when Padraig Harrington opened the British Open with a piercing 3-iron into the wind. Darkness began covering Royal Portrush nearly 16 hours later Thursday night when the final group…

Harrington gets emotional as he opens The Open with birdie at Royal Portrush

Padraig Harrington hit the first tee shot of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush and admits he was more emotional than he has ever been on a golf course

Harrington emotional after opening tee shot honour

Two-time Open champion Padraig Harrington admits he was as emotional as he has ever been on a golf course hitting the first tee shot of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Padraig Harrington tears up in Portrush after one of his greatest Open moments

The two-time championship winner was blown away by the occasion as he hit the first shot of the 153rd Open, although the rest of the round didn't go to plan for the Stackstown star

Padraig Harrington gets Open under way at Royal Portrush

The 53-year-old, who won back-to-back Claret Jugs in 2007 and 2008, started with a birdie.

Why The Open Championship's Happiest Golfer Says He Can't Win

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Padraig Harrington is a prolific talker. Spend a few minutes in his presence and you’ll witness the gift of gab. Beautiful, delicate prose flows from his mouth not in words and sentences but in paragraphs and pages, examining his inner-most thoughts and feelings with a writer’s ease. But, like many prolific talkers, many of Harrington’s most revealing moments come when the words stop. And on a sunny Wednesday at Roya…