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How would you feel if you were offered $200,000 to play golf in Bermuda? not bad eh? This effectively was on offer for showing up at the 26th PGA Grand Slam of Golf, the 36-hole tournament, open to the year’s four major champions.

Even this wasn’t enough to tempt Phil Mickelson, whose replacement, Jim Furyk, gratefully accepted his invitation by going on to beat Padraig Harrington in a playoff. Harrington has been here before losing in last year’s playoff to Angel Cabrera.

It wasn’t all bad news for Harrington this week though as was named the 2008 PGA Player of the Year, becoming the first Irishman and only the second European to achieve this honor since it’s inception in 1948.

The award is based on tournament wins, official money earnings and scoring averages.  Harrington has had a great year; successfully defending his British Open title at Royal Birkdale in July and then a month later clinching the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

I’ll say it one last time - Would he have won if Woods had been playing?

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