Pádraig eyes jet-set lifestyle

PÁDRAIG Harrington is this week closer than ever to buying his own private jet.

The globe-trotting golfer has been contemplating such a move for some time and after travel difficulties in getting from Philadelphia to Memphis on Monday, saw at first hand just how comfortable private transport could be when he was given a “lift” by South African Retief Goosen.

Harrington and Goosen stopped off on their way to Memphis for this week’s St Jude Championship to play an exhibition in Philadelphia against Jim Furyk and Charles Howell III. The golf match and clinic were staged on behalf of the oil company Exxon, one of Furyk’s sponsors, and resulted in a resounding win for the “Rest of the World” side.