‘I’ve come a long way’

PÁDRAIG Harrington is back up to sixth in the world rankings after a magnificent victory in the Honda Classic in Florida on Sunday night.

Only the "big five" of Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen are ahead of the 33 year-old Irishman who returns to Dublin this week and plans a visit to Cardiff on Saturday for Ireland's Triple Crown clash with Wales.

He then returns to the US and Sawgrass for the Players Championship in which he has been runner-up for the past two years before directing attentions to the Bell South Classic and the Masters.