Pádraig heads the stroke average again

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON finished top of the European Tour’s stroke average chart for the second year running when he fin ished joint 36th in the Volvo Masters on Sunday.

Harrington averaged 69.72 shots for each of his 81 rounds in 2002 to finish ahead of South Africa’s British Open champion Ernie Els, who averaged 70.07 from 59 rounds.

The Irishman, winner of the Dunhill Links Championship and second to Retief Goosen on the order of merit, struck a total 5,647 shots in his 22 events on the 2002 European Tour.