Harrington: I was happy to do it the hard way at Carnoustie

CAN you imagine anyone being described or known as “The Bounce Across the Bridge Champion?”

Well, Pádraig Harrington believes that would have been his fate had luck favoured him after he hit a wayward drive off the final tee in last year’s Open Championship at Carnoustie.

When people tell Harrington, as they do almost every day, that he was unlucky that his ball didn’t roll across the bridge over the Barry Burn instead of dropping into the water, he has a ready answer.