Associated Press Padraig Harrington kept Greg Norman, 53, from becoming the oldest major championship winner.

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SOUTHPORT, England – By doing what major championship winners do best, Padraig Harrington of Ireland won the 137th British Open at Royal Birkdale by four strokes yesterday, defending the Open title he won in a playoff last year at Carnoustie.

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Sez Me . . . It was a pretty good week for AARP card holders, but it didn't quite end the way so many golfing baby boomers would have preferred. They say the legs are the first things to go, and Greg Norman's 53-year-old pins tired yesterday as Norman gamely tested the testy elements in the British Open.

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