Padraig Harrington avoids trouble, wins third straight Dick's Open

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Irishman Padraig Harrington carded 33 on the front nine, then held on to win his third consecutive Dick's Open by one shot on Sunday in Endicott, N.Y.

"Well, I thought when you win three of these you get a Dick's superstore," Harrington quipped about the event's title sponsor, a chain of sportinggoods stores. "First franchise in Ireland."

Harrington shot 4-