Apr3 Harringtonaudio

Padraig Harrington believes the floodgates will open once a European breaks the continent’s Major drought.

He thinks it will only take one breakthrough to give other Europeans the confidence to believe they too can win one of golf’s biggest prizes.

Open champion Paul Lawrie was the last European to win a Major, but Harrington said: “We’ve got a lot of good European players – it’s just a matter of time.

“Once a European does break through, it will give us all more confidence. If a guy wins one who you play with every few weeks, whose game you know, it will give you the belief that you can do it too.”

Click on the audio link to hear more of Harrington’s thought on Europe’s chances this week – and what he thinks the Masters is the toughest Major to win.

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