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From the best swing of his life on the 18th to a final putt that he calls 'useless,' Padraig Harrington shares the incredible highs and funny moments of winning his second Claret Jug.

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00:00I've never seen that picture.
00:01Yeah.
00:02It's as good as I'm ever going to swing the golf club.
00:05It's as good as I'm ever going to hit the golf ball.
00:07Mentally and physically, right there.
00:10I had told my caddy Ronan that one of the best experiences in golf
00:15is walking down the 18th, waving to the crowds.
00:20KK tried taking nine, I think, on Saturday down 18th.
00:23He hit it out of bounds.
00:24So I was a bit nervous about the outbounds.
00:26So once I got the tee shot away, I knew I would.
00:30I will say when I'm hitting the 15-footer, I had no idea what to do.
00:34I probably, it was the first putt I had in my life that was,
00:37this is actually useless.
00:40There's nothing.
00:41This actually is one of the only shots I ever hit in my life
00:46that has zero meaning.
00:48Obviously, it's horrible conditions.
00:50It's six, I'm going to struggle even to make a bogey in the hole.
00:53And I've come bouncing out of the rough like I'm just the happiest guy in the world
00:57because I was okay.
00:58It was the first real test my wrist went through and it survived it.
01:03So I felt good about it.
01:05And then, obviously, Sandy Lyle walked in.
01:07He thought it was unplayable.
01:09I've never seen that picture.
01:10Yeah.
01:11He couldn't have been nicer.
01:12One, the media were obviously, the story was Greg.
01:15Greg Norman clearly deserved another major.
01:17He couldn't have been, I couldn't have chosen a better partner on the day.
01:20Maybe he was happy to be there.
01:22Happy to be there.
01:22Yeah, which I wasn't expecting that.
01:24Yeah.
01:25But he was lovely to play with.
01:27I don't know the exact timing, but I think I was, when he finished,
01:30when Poster finished, I think I was two ahead.
01:34Coming down the last.
01:35Okay.
01:37I know I've heard him say it was, in his head, it was tighter than it was,
01:42but it wasn't in mine.
01:43I know I've heard him say it was, but it was a weird one.

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