Padraig Harrington in World Golf Hall of Fame speech: ‘Everything is possible’ | Golf Channel

Padraig Harrington recalls his career milestones and thanks his family and everyone else who helped him during his golf career during his induction speech at the World Golf Hall of Fame. #GolfChannel #LiveFrom #WorldGolfHallofFame #PadraigHarrington
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my dad deserves this honor not only for his achievements in golf but for his achievements outside of the game I am very proud to induct into the World Golf Hall of Fame my dad Padre Carrington [Applause] thank you Paddy H very kind words indeed I’m extremely grateful to receive this honor tonight and exceptionally fortunate in life to be here I have to say I’m also humbled and privileged to share it this night with your fellow inductees I have a new role model Sandra permer I want to be like Sandra when I’m 80 years of age H I also have a Patty’s golf tips you should all swing it like Johnny Farrell H very impressive and I do like to say that o Irish will get everywhere H oh we’re going a bit fast on my thing I would go off track emotionally it brings me deep sense of satisfaction and validation to be inducted into Hall of Fame as a player you get inducted into the Hall of Fame based on your golf results so yes I won three Majors numerous events around the world I played six rer cups and that’s what gets you in the Hall of Fame but there is a story behind it so what’s my story firstly I’m not sure whether I love the game or the game loved me because it was truly great to me I love the fact it was never meant to be a fair game it was always meant to be a test of skill and mental fortitude I love the rules I love the etiquette I love the competition probably ultimately I love the meritocracy of it that you’re out there on your own nobody else decides your faith and it’s up to you to get it done during your life you receive a lot of accolades when you’re doing well but when you’re playing you kind of brush over them thinking that there’s always going to be more wins and honors but at this stage of my life I realize it’s time to take stock entering the Hall of Fame gives me time to reflect on my past victories and more importantly share them with my family and friends many of whom are here tonight one of the stereotypes of my golfing life would be that I’m known for changing interestingly though there’s been a lot of constant in my career I’ve been with the same manager Adrien Mitchell financial advisor Philip Barker and Pa Jil ala for close to 30 years Adrian is a scratch golfer and believe it or not not he might be more obsessed with the game than me I’ve been with Wilson go for 26 years thanks to dog Ron and Tim who are all here tonight I’ve had the same caddy for over 20 years Ron and flood he succeeded Dave mcney who got replaced for working too hard it could only happen to Dave mcne all are here tonight people often ask if caddies really make a difference and categorically I can say Ron and W me the7 an Open Championship on the 72nd hole after I hit my second ball in the water it was the first and only time I’ve ever been on the golf course where I felt embarrassed where I wanted to give up I really thought I’d thrown away the open however Ronan stuck to his guns and started into the cliches it’s not over yet one shot at a time and so on I think he took the for iron off me pretty quickly because I’m not sure if I wouldn’t have a swing at him with it h but we kept walking he kept doing his job and he got in my head as I walked up to take my penalty drop and by the time I played my fifth shot I hit it like a teenager I was right back in the zone I told this story from months afterwards about how my caddy didn’t give up on me and how he believed it took about three months I think before he was in the room and heard me tell the story and he let me tell it and he stood up at the end acknowledged that while he said all those things he also thought I’d lost the fing [Applause] open and I did actually I did quien that down for TV was a little stronger language actually there are other constants in my career which I come back to later but let’s go back to where it all started I believe that life is very circumstantial particularly when it comes to sports people for starters my family shaped who I am I’m the youngest of five boys and all my brothers took jobs as teenagers but as the youngest I didn’t have to and I got all the opportunities my father was a policeman and helped build and develop a golf course Stack Down Golf Club it was close to my home and I can remember spending all my early years hanging out there as it became my playground I looked for golf balls I chased rabbits I played golf from a young age at that time it was just another adventure I can remember help leveling the 12 green it was all hands on decked when it came to building the golf course my unfortunate older brothers had to do more manual labor like picking stones out of the quaries whilst I only had to level the sand in the 12 green by away the 12 green is a cur is a green curse by many as it’s one of the severe slopes on the golf course my dad H as a top class Sportsman himself was a huge influence on me H the irony was that before I was born he was a pous hitter of the golf ball but wild off the tea and then decided to curtail it by hitting it short and straight wow it was a different game back then one piece of advice I would give to everybody that happened by chance with my dad when I went on tour I used to ring him after every round and give him a rundown of every shot I hit I didn’t realize until he passed away in 2005 that that was more for me than him I would recommend that if you can find someone to listen to your unconditional stories at the end of any day for five or 10 minutes just like my wife does now it will help reduce the stresses of life my mom was tougher and more competitive and actually winning the all Ireland mother and son tournament as my last amateur event was one of my two joys of my golfing career I have to say sorry to one person in the room Brett Desmond who’s in the audience who was runner up with his M and I don’t think he’s got it done yet my four older brothers may have been in even bigger influence I was lucky to have fergel who’s 20 months older than me he became a great role model within touching distance who I competed with and tried to beat everything as I got a little bit older barely in my teens I was playing with my Elder Brothers Ty an incredibly tenacious golfer with an unbelievable ability to win at anything and Cullum who was a smart competitor and could get it done using his head usually by getting in my head interestingly my middle brother Finton had the best swing in the house but no interest in the game I’ve been with my wife Caroline for 34 years she’s probably more into sport than I am so that helps for sure but we nearly didn’t get past five months in my first championship tournament that she came to I was in the last group and it was a big day of golf but I blew up I went inside my card and sulked in the locker room for 20 minutes when I came out to find my girlfriend she had gone I learned the lesson very quickly she point blankly was not putting up with any sulking another story that sums up my wife’s support took place after we got married and we bought our first apartment which wasn’t clean to my wife’s standards after we spent two days cleaning it we came to the mutual decision that my time would be better spent practicing rather than cleaning whilst I was very happy with that and thrilled with the support of my wife as I was writing this I came to realize that maybe I just wasn’t very very good at cleaning you heard from Patty earlier and his brother Kieran is also here tonight I can’t thank them enough for their unwavering support they keep me grounded as I’m dad to them I think their favorite moment was actually the 2016 Olympics when we were trying to leave one day through the exit the athletes exit the security guard and there was a little bit of a language issue was suspicious how could I be an athlete eventually we had to convince him that I was the coach and that my oldest son was the athlete to this day they continually rib me about that I’m the coach and not the athlete speaking of coaches uh I started with my first coach at 15 years of age I had a few lessons with W suiv in a home but Howard Bennett who was the national coach became my first full-time coach I’m delighted to say that Howard has traveled from England to be here tonight at 87 years of age as most of the fellow inductees here tonight will tell you it’s so lucky to get a a great coach to start off with and he truly nurtured my strengths I think I think at this stage I assumed my golfing career was always going to be as an amateur continuing under the fast fantastic programs of the golf Ireland and the RNA why else would I have studied accountancy for four years at night eventually when I did decide to turn pro I didn’t know what to expect I was dominating as an amateur but wasn’t that all all that sure about the pro game little did I know would go so well I always had an insatable desire to get better and being out in tour was like being a kid in the cand candy shop after two successful years on the European tour I instigated three significant changes I started working with barberella after reading his book golf is not a game of perfect the brilliant of Bob is that he gives you responsibility it’s up to you to do the work Bob and his wife Darlene are here tonight I felt also I was at my technical limit with ball striking which is when I started working with Bob TS we were a match made in heaven I had the short game the mentality and the work EIC and Bob was happy to spend all day on the range with me and we did spend all day in the range Bob was a fa fabulous person to be around full of great quotes and Pearls of wisdoms some of my favorites were one sip of of medicine at a time and never weaken your strengths to strengthen your weaknesses he was so far ahead of his time even without the technology of today I also started working with Dr Hennessy my trainer mentor and dear friend and made some big physical changes we nicknamed him Dr Frankenstein because we tried about every iteration of training long before it became it trendy on Instagram by the way if he’s Frankenstein that means I’m the monster Li is here tonight as well there are many others who have been important to my career who are also here tonight my swing coach Pete count sorry Pete you can’t believe how much you like Bob torren a great person to be around with an unbelievable love and knowledge of the game Michael Jacobs another coach at this Cutting Edge at golf swing science and my old sparring partner Noah Fox who looks after my day-to-day coaching as I continue believe it or not the dream to get better Paul hurrian who’s worked with my pting for 20 years and Brian Moore on my physiology side physiology that’s your kind of I suppose your kind of health and fitness as you get ready to play tour he spent his life trying to tell me to hit less golf balls now that’s a hard job on the playing side jod figan my longsuffering amate forams partner and Paul McGinley my Pro partner who has always been there as a great friend and Mentor I can’t believe how many arguments I have well discussions I have with Paul McGinley as a mentor I hope I am there for the young Irish Pros who have come after me like Shane Larry but of course he’s not so young anymore again they are here tonight I believe my mom and dad would be most proud of me doing the right thing in golf getting it done the right way it wasn’t always about results they certainly enjoyed how I played but I think I was only ever really going to be judged on my attitude and how I handled myself around the game I am now trying to pass on what I’ve learned to amateurs through my Patty’s golf tips and to encourage people to try golf initiatives such as developing a freeo use pting green at Park in Ireland we hopefully with we hopefully more to come as you can see with my story everything is possible and I think this is resonated as we went through the night especially with Steph Curry everything is possible if you’re given the opportunity and I was given the opportunity I’m grateful for all my friends I’ve made I’m grateful for all my friends I’ve made and to everyone who has made this possible I hope to live up to their high standards and those of the World Health go World Golf Hall of Fame there are so many people here as I sit here tonight I look at the former members of the Hall of Fame there’s many who I looked up to before I turned Pro and some who I’ve competed against and I really do it is such an honor to be considered to be in the same group with them and uh especially out there in the champions tour when you’re playing with so many of them lastly I’m going to leave you with these words from Bob Torrence which I appreciate which I appreciate more and more as I get older every day as I left the practice ground to go to the first te he would say these are the happiest Days of Our Lives thank you [Applause]