PGA European: Harrington wins in playoff at Irish Open

Limerick, Ireland (Sports Network) - What looked like a runaway win for Padraig Harrington turned into a nail biter at the Irish Open.

In the end, the gallery got what it wanted.

Harrington held on to beat Bradley Dredge in a playoff Sunday to become the first Irishman in 25 years to win the European Tour's biggest event on The Emerald Isle.

An exciting finish to the final round gave way to an anticlimactic playoff when Dredge plugged his third shot at the par-five 18th into the bank of a pond on the way to a double-bogey.