Harrington sets sights on new horizons

SIXTH in the world and convinced he can improve still further. That was Padraig Harrington's assessment after his outstanding victory in the Dunhill Links Championship at the weekend.

It bumped him up three places in the world ranking to a career best with only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Sergio Garcia ahead of him.

Given that his St Andrews triumph was worth 818,662, which brought his official earnings for the season to 2.45m and his career total to 7.7million, money is no longer an