Who's that British Open champion again?
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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Why is it that you Americans find this so hard to understand?
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.'
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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