
Irish eyes are smiling in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Padraig Harrington is a winner again on the PGA Tour. Harrington, who was playing this week on a sponsor’s invitation, defeated Daniel Berger on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win his first PGA Tour title since the 2008 PGA Championship. The three-time major winner was tied with Patrick Reed for control of the golf tournament on the 17th tee in regulation after Ian Poulter had put five balls in water hazards in the final round. On the par-4 14th, Poulter’s tee shot went right into a water hazard. Then, after a drop, his third shot caromed off a tree into the same hazard. He eventually made triple-bogey 7 to lose the lead. On the 15th hole, Reed’s tee shot landed in the water at the par 3 and led to a double bogey. Alone in the lead on the tee at the par-3 penultimate hole, Harrington’s attempted cut shot to the water-guarded end of The Bear Trap landed in the water hazard, leading to a double bogey that cost him the lead to the 21-year-old Berger, who was already in the clubhouse at 6-under 274. Harrington needed birdie to force a playoff, but wasn’t the only player in the final group that could catch Berger, who shot 6-under 64 to come back from nine shots down to start the final round. Poulter made birdie at No. 17, needing an eagle at the par-5 last to get in a potential playoff. Reed was locked out because of a bogey. Poulter laid up with his second shot from 290 yards and was unable to sink the wedge shot for an eagle 3, leaving Harrington the only