Harrington won the 2006 European Tour Order of Merit, the The Open Championship (British Open) in 2007 and 2008, and the 2008 PGA Championship.
Graeme McDowell won the 2010 U.S. Open, becoming the first player from either side of the Irish border to win the U.S. Open, as well as the first European to win that event since England's Tony Jacklin in 1970.