Padraig Harrington pledges to get his first tattoo if Europe wins Ryder Cup

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Padraig Harrington has confirmed he will follow in Thomas Bjorn’s footsteps and get a tattoo if Europe win the Ryder Cup.

Bjorn famously told his men in Paris during the 2018 Ryder Cup that if they were victorious, he would get a tattoo on his backside – a pledge he carried out by having the winning score 17.5-10.5 and a picture of the Ryder Cup inked on his behind.

Now Harrington has admitted his team have made a similar request and that it now an “unwritten rule” for future Captains.

“I am delighted that that's all they asked for, but I'd have given up a lot more. So yes, I will be getting a tattoo. If my team produce a winning week, I will be getting a tattoo to mark the occasion,” Harrington said.

“I don't have any other tattoos at this stage, so it would be a new experience for me. Where on the body? I don't know. It depends… no, I can't go that route. Depends how long it is.”

But what about the clean-cut Wisconsin native in U.S. Captain Steve Stricker? Well he’s not ruling out going down the skin art route if his side is victorious… but he has to get it past his wife and daughters first.

“We've discussed tattoos in our room. The problem is my girls, my wife and kids, have always asked me to get a tattoo and I'm like, I'm not putting any decals on my body kind of thing.
So yeah, I'd have to check with them first, I think, to see if I could actually get a tattoo from the Ryder Cup,” Stricker said.

“I had an idea (for one). The players gave me an idea what I could put on there. I told them where I was going to put it; it was going to go right on my cheek. We'll see what the week brings, but we may have a tattoo artist guy come in on Sunday night. One way or another, it may happen.”