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Who's that British Open champion again?
Thursday July 31, 2008 | 19:47:39 143 words, 11141 views
For the second year in a row, the announcer at the WGC Bridgestone-International neglected to introduce Paddy Harrington as the British Open champion. Harrington, who was steamed last year, shrugged it off this year. “I wasn’t waiting for it this time and I certainly didn’t need for him to tell me I was the Open champion,” Harrington told the media. “I know I’m the Open champion.” Harrington is an old hand at winning it these days. Last year, it was different. “He just said Padraig Harington, Ireland,” Harrington said about last year. “I was gutted!” How much you want to bet if the British Open champ was an American, the Bridgeston announcer would have carped about it for 15 minutes. Do we have a little anti-Irish sentiment going on here? A little anti-European fervor? Don’t you think someone would have briefed him this year? 
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Comment from: Dave [Visitor]
Tim, he's the Open Champion, not the British Open Champion.
Why is it that you Americans find this so hard to understand? 
07/31/08 @ 21:44
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
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Our athletic directors constantly mispronounce names of students at athletic assemblies. Something about the arrogance of people in charge; they have no idea that they are fallible.
07/31/08 @ 22:13
Comment from: Tim McDonald [Member]
Dave, I love getting into this with you Brits.
It's the "British Open" to Americans and will remain that way.
08/01/08 @ 06:33
Comment from: Shanks [Member]
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Ahhhh, good ole American arrogance! And we wonder why the rest of the world hates us.
08/01/08 @ 09:59
Comment from: Dave [Visitor]
> It's the "British Open" to Americans and will remain that way.
Yeah, I know that mate. But the R&A call it The Open Championship; the name is copyrighted to them, it's on all their logos, etc. There is no tournament officially called the 'British Open.' So, being a knowledgeable golfer, can't you set an example and call it by its real name? I'm sure you're not too fond of people saying 'the U.S. Masters.'
08/01/08 @ 14:16
Comment from: tim [Visitor]
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Dave, I've resisted calling the British Open the Open for years -- mainly just to tweak the British who get so serious about such things -- but you make the first good argument I've encountered.
Not that I care that much about what they call the Masters, but you have a point. Still, I haven't decided for good. Shanks, your argument is the same old baloney.
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