Round 3: Ups And Downs

British Open Playoff: Hole By Hole 

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) -- A hole-by-hole look at the British Open four-hole playoff Sunday between Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington:

1

PLAYOFF HOLE 1

No. 1, 406 yards, par 4

Harrington hit iron to the fairway. Garcia hit iron into the first cut. Garcia's approach came up short into the bunker. Harrington hits 7-iron to 8 feet left of the flag. Garcia blasted out to just on the green, 12 feet away and missed the par putt. Harrington made his for birdie.

Harrington 3, Garcia 5.

 
2

PLAYOFF HOLE 2

No. 16, 248 yards par 3

Harrington pulled his tee shot left of the green, down a swale about 60 feet away. Garcia's tee shot never left the flag and struck the base of the pin after two hops and bounced 18 feet away. Harrington hit a putter up the slope to 3 feet away and made the par putt. Garcia left his birdie putt short and tapped in.

Harrington 3 (6), Garcia 5 (8).

 
3

PLAYOFF HOLE 3

No. 17, 461 yards, par 4

Harrington and Garcia both hit iron off the tee to the fairway. Harrington's approach landed 6 feet beyond the hole, while Garcia hit toward the middle of the green, stopping 18 feet away. Garcia missed his birdie putt to the left, and Harrington also made par when he missed his putt to the left.

Harrington 4 (10), Garcia 4 (12).

 
3

PLAYOFF HOLE 4

No. 18, 499 yards, par 4

Harrington plays it safe off the tee, using an iron to keep his ball in the fairway short of Barry Burn. Garcia goes with his driver and winds up in the rough along the left side. Harrington lays up short of the burn, then hits a wedge to about 35 feet. Garcia reaches the green with a 6-iron from 203 yards, but his 20-foot putt slides across the left edge of the cup and he settles for par. Harrington makes a 3-footer for bogey to win the British Open.

Harrington 5, (15), Garcia 4 (16).

 
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