Final round: Padraig Harrington became the first European in more than a century to win the Open Championship two years is a row, smashing a pair of fairway metals into the par 5s Sunday that allowed him to pull away from misktake-prone Greg Norman and hold off a late charge by Ian Poulter.

Even in the relentless wind, Harrington managed to shoot 32 on the back nine to close with a 1-under 69 for a four-shot victory.

And to think he gave himself only a 75 percent chance of teeing off on Thursday, and only a 50 percent chance of finishing.

No one bothered asking him the odds of winning.

"I knew my game was there, but maybe this week I made the right decision at the right time, and got the right break at the right time," Harrington said. Full story