Pádraig again fails to turn on style

FOR Pádraig Harrington, Oak Hill and the US PGA was another week of unrealised expectation.

After a run of barren tournaments, he turned up refreshed and eager in New York, happy to compete knowing that his wife, Caroline, was unlikely to give birth for another week or more, but he still failed to perform to the required level.

He never gives up, of course, a point well made in yesterday’s final round which he completed in eight straight pars, not bad at all on such a difficult layout, for a 73 and a ten over par total of 290 and a share of 33rd spot.