Shane Lowry congratulates "one of golf’s greatest ever sports people" and compatriot Padraig Harrington on his HOF induction

Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry (Image via X @ShaneLowryGolf)
Padraig Harrington and Shane Lowry (Image via X @ShaneLowryGolf)

Padraig Harrington was one of the World Golf Hall of Fame's 2024 inductees. The three-time Major champion was inducted into the HOF's 2024 class along with two-time Major champion and 19-time LPGA Tour winner Sandra Palmer.

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Fellow Irishman and PGA Tour golfer Shane Lowry congratulated Harrington on X (formerly Twitter). Lowry shared a picture of the two players at the ceremony with Harrington holding his World Golf Hall of Fame plaque. He captioned the post:

"Big night for Irish golf tonight here in Pinehurst. @padraig_h inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame. Not only is he one of our greatest ever sports people but he is a great ambassador for our game and our country too. Congrats paddy "
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Speaking on his accolade, Padraig Harrington told the PGA Tour:

"When you’re in your career and you win tournaments and you receive awards and accolades, you always assume they’re going to be there and you’re going to keep winning. You always think there’s going to be another one. You maybe don't enjoy them the way you should at the time. So by getting into the Hall of Fame it brings a lot of emotions. Validation, no doubt about it. Satisfaction, no doubt about it. It’s a deep-set satisfaction that I’ve done it and I’ve done well.”
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Joining Padraig Harrington and Sandra Palmer were the remaining seven founders of the LPGA Tour - Alice Bauer, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettweiler, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Sally Sessions and Shirley Spork. The seven founders were inducted as a group while the other six founders of the LPGA Tour were previously inducted as individuals.


Padraig Harrington's PGA Tour career - Overview

Padraig Harrington was born in Dublin and played golf with his father and brother from a young age. The Irishman went on to create a remarkable career for himself on the PGA Tour via the DP World Tour (formerly known as the European Tour).

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Having turned professional in 1995, Harrington won the esteemed Walker Cup as an amateur representing Ireland and Great Britain. He joined the PGA Tour in 2005 after playing in the DP World Tour since 1996.

Padraig Harrington has played in 343 events during his 19-year-long career on the PGA Tour and has made the cut in 225 of the events. He has 20 international wins so far.

Apart from his six wins on the PGA Tour, Harrington has six runner-up finishes, two third-place finishes, 31 top-five finishes, and 56 top-ten finishes. Harrington has earned a whopping $26,172,322 in earnings throughout his time on the Tour.

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Below are Padraig Harrington's wins on the PGA Tour and internationally:

PGA TOUR:

2015 The Honda Classic

2008 PGA Championship

2008 The Open Championship

2007 The Open Championship

2005 Barclays Classic

2005 The Honda Classic

International wins:

1996 Peugeot Spanish Open

2000 Brazil Sao Paulo 500 Years Open

2000 BBVA Open Turespana Masters Comunidad de Madrid

2001 Volvo Masters

2002 BMW Asian Open

2002 Dunhill Links Championship

2003 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe

2003 Omega Hong Kong Open

2004 Linde German Masters

2006 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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2006 Dunlop Phoenix

2007 Irish Open

2010 Iskandar Johor Open

2014 Bank BRI Indonesia Open

2016 Portugal Masters

Additional Wins:

1997 World Cup

2002 Target World Challenge

2012 PGA Grand Slam of Golf

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Edited by Prathik BR
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