Scioto makes room for another legend
Padraig Harrington cruised to a four-shot win over Stewart Cink at Jack Nicklaus' old stomping grounds, defending his title to become just the second three-time champion in U.S. Senior Open history.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Surely there isn’t room for so much as one more iota of history at storied Scioto Country Club.
Not after Bobby Jones in the 1926 U.S. Open. Not after Jack Nicklaus used this place as his launchpad, literally and figuratively. Not after Bruce Fleischer won a U.S. Amateur here and Dale Douglass won the first U.S. Senior Open hosted by the club. Not to mention the other U.S. Senior Opens and many U.S. Open qualifiers that rewarded a few and dashed the hopes of many.
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