After the unheralded 36-year-old won the
British Open at rain-drenched Royal Liverpool on Sunday, he said
part of his $3 million prize would be used to pay for his new
tractor.
Harman grew up in Georgia and lives on St. Simons Island where
he has a hunting estate -- spending some of his spare time
preying on his animals with a crossbow.
"I'm a bow hunter, no new rifles. I had a nice week a couple
weeks ago and I bought a new tractor for my hunting place," he
told reporters after a romping six-stroke win in which he never
allowed his pursuers to get close.
"I'll get home and I'll be on the tractor mowing grass in the
next few weeks, so I'm excited about that."
Harman, whose scuba diving skills might have been necessary if
Sunday's fourth round had gone on much longer, certainly will
not be putting his feet up and bathing in the glow of his
new-found status as major champion.
"I haven't seen it yet. It's on order. It's a 105 horsepower
Kybota tractor and it's going to be a pretty one, it's orange,"
Harman, who plays golf left-handed but does everything else with
his right, explained when asked to elaborate.
"Let's see, we've got about 25 acres of food plots that need
mowing and, I don't know how many miles of roads, but I'd call
it probably 40 acres total that needs to get mowed," he said.
"I've got a lot of layers, man. I'm like an onion."
Harman, who came close to winning the U.S. Open in 2017 when
coming second and whose last win on the PGA Tour had been in
that year, said he would drink some Guinness from the Claret Jug
before flying home to be with his wife Kelly.
But he declined to disclose how much he had spent on his new
wheels.
"Oh gosh," he said when asked how much a new tractor costs these
days. "I don't know. I haven't told my wife how much I spent on
it."
(Reporting by Martyn Herman)
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