Padraig Harrington never tires of reading the fine print on the silver claret jug, and as he stood up from a table on Monday at Royal Birkdale, he slowly turned golf's oldest trophy to see his name on consecutive rows.
There were 126 names. It's also worth noting what wasn't on the jug.
"I don't think this champion has anything to worry about with asterisks etched next to his name," Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson said. "He proved that last year."
The bluster at the start of this British Open was whether the winner should get full credit because Tiger Woods couldn't play. That was long forgotten after Harrington …
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