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Irish eyes smiling again

Padraig Harrington’s wrist proves strong enough as the Irishman makes a great late run to win his second straight British Open, pulling away from mistake-prone Greg Norman and holding off Ian Poulter. Story  |   Leaderboard

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Poulter's walk finally matches talk
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A Royal treat

  Slide show from third major of year, at England's Royal Birkdale.

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