Time to join major league

NOW for a major championship! That’s the message from newly-crowned European Order of Merit winner, Pádraig Harrington.

There’s no doubt that he got several rubs of the green on the way to the title and he may not be as good as Tiger Woods, his counterpart on the other side of the Atlantic. But Padraig shares one crucial attribute with the runaway world number one — neither gives up until the last putt has been holed.

It’s this battling instinct that has made him Europe’s finest. He agrees this is no time for resting on his laurels and leading the money list is another significant breakthrough in his efforts to land a major.