Harrington wants Irish Open in NI

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The Irish Open is being played this week at Adare Manor and organisers are hoping to rejuvenate an event that has slipped in prestige in recent years. Defending champion Harrington says a move north could be the answer. "If I was running the event, it would be up north definitely. It would be a tremendous event. There is a great golfing public up there," he said. Submitted by: werewe12 | Visited 2 times | Comments 0

♦ Conspiracy theory: Microsoft sponsors open source census to prepare for lawsuits

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Considering that Microsoft has yet to be a real friend to open source I have to be at least a bit suspect of the intentions behind the sponsorship of the ongoing open source census. My guess? I think Microsoft wants access to the results both so it can understand open source but also so it can start to consider legal actions against the most popular products and the companies that develop them. Submitted by: roger_inkart - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Woods could miss Open at Birkdale

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US Open champion Tiger Woods could miss the Open Championship as he continues his recovery from knee surgery. Woods, 32, made a stunning return after two months out by winning the US Open on Monday, but he struggled physically. And the 14-time major winner will now take stock before deciding whether to play at Royal Birkdale, with this year's Open starting on 17 July. Submitted by: redbaron - Visited 10 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Woods could miss Open at Birkdale

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US Open champion Tiger Woods could miss the Open Championship as he continues his recovery from knee surgery. Woods, 32, made a stunning return after two months out by winning the US Open on Monday, but he struggled physically. And the 14-time major winner will now take stock before deciding whether to play at Royal Birkdale, with this year's Open starting on 17 July. Submitted by: emily - Visited 13 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington eases to Irish PGA win

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Padraig Harrington warmed up for the defence of his Open Championship title next week by winning the Irish PGA Championship by four shots on Saturday. Holder Harrington's final round of 72 at the European Club left him four clear of Philip Walton who shot a 70. The Open Champion was using the Irish event to gets links practice ahead of his Royal Birkdale challenge. Submitted by: Kelf - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rory consults putting guru

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The Northern Irish teenager burst on to the scene last season with a splendid showing as top amateur at the Open Championship and a couple of top-five finishes on the European Tour having joined the professional ranks. However, he has not maintained that momentum this year with seventh place at the Irish Open his only top-ten of the season. Submitted by: suicidalsam - Visited 36 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington eyes Wales Open

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Open champion Padraig Harrington will make his debut in this year's Wales Open at the Celtic Manor near Newport. The tournament, now in its ninth year, will take place on 29 May to 1 June and is a first chance to play the new course designed for the 2010 Ryder Cup. "This gives me an opportunity to get an early look at the course and I've heard good things about it," Harrington said. Submitted by: bestija - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Woods holds off Mediate for 3rd U.S. Open

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Tiger Woods kisses the U.S. Open trophy Monday in front of Rocco Mediate. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press)Tiger Woods finally set aside the challenge of Rocco Mediate on the first hole of sudden death Monday afternoon to win the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Woods made par on the hole with an easy tap in. Mediate's attempt slid past the hole to the right... Submitted by: flamez - Visited 37 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington repeats at British Open

1 vote	Padraig Harrington of Ireland holds up the Claret Jug after winning the British Open on Sunday. (Matt Dunham/Associated Press)In a British Open tournament that had more than its share of history repeating, it was last year's champion who came out on top. Padraig Harrington of Ireland used a clutch eagle-three on No. Submitted by: msking - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Open double delights Harrington

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Padraig Harrington spoke of his delight after becoming only the seventh player of the post-war era to retain the Open title with victory at Royal Birkdale. Ireland's Harrington shot a final round of 69 to finish three over, four shots clear of Ian Poulter in second place. "Very few players have won two majors or back-to-back majors," said 36-year-old Harrington. Submitted by: vphost - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington to miss Wales Open cut

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Padraig Harrington will miss his first halfway cut in Europe for 19 months on the Wales Open's new Ryder Cup course. The Open champion shot a second-round 74 at The Celtic Manor to slump to two over par and Harrington and bows out with Bradley Dredge and Oliver Wilson. Australian Scott Strange leads the chasing pack by four shots with Robert Karlsson one shot further back. Submitted by: apollovs - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington learns Open schedule

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Defending champion Padraig Harrington will play with Justin Leonard and Retief Goosen for the first two rounds of the Open at Royal Birkdale. Leonard, the 1997 winner, and twice US Open champion Goosen will tee off with Harrington at 0758 BST on Thursday. World number two Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey and Japan's Hideto Tanihara will begin their campaigns at 0920. Submitted by: bjgolf - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Irish Open collated scores

1 vote	On Golf Night... The best of the action from the Irish Open, Annika Sorenstam, Monty and a look ahead to the US Open. Sky Sports have confirmed exclusive coverage of the the Curtis Cup Match, on Golf Night. Double Adare? With Irish golf in fine health, Mark Roe says we could see back-to-back home winners at Adare Manor. Submitted by: Shazz - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ After 'warm-up,' Norman ready to go at Senior British Open

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Greg Norman "warmed up" for this week's Senior British Open at Royal Troon by finishing in a tie for third last week at the British Open at Royal Birkdale. He led the Open entering the final round. TROON, Scotland Greg Norman used last week's British Open as a warmup and almost made history. The warmup over, he is now setting his sights on the Senior British Open. Submitted by: chibiz5 - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Open-source security moves to next step

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Source code analysis expert Coverity has found and helped fix more than 7,500 security flaws in open-source software, and published a list of the 11 open-source projects working fastest to sort them out. The work is part of a U.S. government-backed project to harden open-source code. "We applaud the developers responsible for the 11 open-source projects that have advanced to the second rung of code security and quality," said David Maxwell, open-source strategist for Coverity. Submitted by: bestija - Visited 17 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Fighting the Android: Nokia buys and open sources Symbian

1 vote	Nokia has announced plans to open the source code of the Symbian platform and launch a nonprofit foundation to facilitate the development of a unified open Symbian platform. The move should make Symbian a much stronger competitor in the mobile space.Read More... Submitted by: Alex Fraiser - Visited 17 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Harrington roars back on day two

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Padraig Harrington surged back into US Open contention after firing a stunning 67 to better his first round by 11 shots at Torrey Pines. The Open champion was in danger of missing the cut but climbed back to three over six off the lead but well-placed to mount a challenge. "I played nicely but probably not as good as yesterday in terms of ball striking," said Harrington. Harrington... Submitted by: werewe12 - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ TV ratings, July 20: Harrington's Open win drives 4.7m to BBC

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Irishman Padraig Harrington's victory in the Open golf tournament was watched by a peak audience of 4.7 million viewers last night, Sunday July 20. Coverage of Harrington's retention of the title brought an average of 3.3 million a 25% share to BBC1 between 2.30pm and 7.10pm, according to unofficial overnight figures. Ratings peaked for the 15 minutes from 6.15pm. Earlier... Submitted by: ebkebk - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Injured Harrington questionable for British Open

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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington cut short another day of practice because of a sprained right wrist, raising serious questions about whether he'll be able to tee off in the opening round Thursday. Harrington has no trouble on the driving range, but he managed only three shots on the course at Royal Birkdale before deciding the pain was too great. Submitted by: scorpionagency - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Pod - Irish win was so big

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Padraig Harrington returns to Adare Manor to defend his Irish Open crown this week admitting that his victory 12 months ago was a major catalyst towards his Open Championship win. Stay ahead of the game with our stats package for the European and PGA Tours. The latest standings in the race to make the US and European teams for Valhalla in September. After his win at Sawgrass... Submitted by: abedelrahman - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment