Harrington's $1m Christmas present
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Your support makes all the difference.Padraig Harrington headed for the game's World Cup in Mexico yesterday with a $1m (£634,000) cheque and a first solo win in the United States to his name – plus the thrill of knowing he can beat Tiger Woods head-to-head.
The Irishman held off the world No 1 to take the Target World Challenge event here on Sunday, his third win in just over two months.
An eight-stroke lead had shrunk to one by the time Harrington double-bogeyed the 14th hole at the Sherwood Country Club, but he played the final four holes without a mistake, and Woods was the one to buckle.
"I knew Tiger would come at me," he said after his two-shot victory. "I heard someone say on No 13: 'Oh, Tiger is in his head'. I'm thinking: 'He's been in there all day'." Davis Love III was third with 272, a stroke ahead of Germany's Bernhard Langer and the Scot Colin Montgomerie.
Elsewhere in California, at La Quinta, the Bristol golfer John Morgan went into the final round of the US Tour qualifying school in joint third place with Germany's Alex Cejka.
The 24-year-old rookie, somewhat surprised to be leading after four of the six rounds, added a one-under-par 71 but was overtaken by the Americans Jeff Brehaut and Brian Bateman.
They are both 17 under par, while Cejka joined Morgan on 16 under with a superb 64. With 35 tour cards on offer, both should now sail through.
The former England amateur international Morgan only turned professional in April but still managed to finish eighth on the European Challenge Tour to earn himself a shot at the main circuit.
The Swede Carl Pettersson fell from 37th to 64th with a 73 while the Rochdale-born Ed Fryatt also fell out of the running with a 76 to drop to 139th.
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