Harrington happy to be a work in progress

DO NOT try to persuade Pádraig Harrington that the old adage of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ is the sensible path to take for a golfer still basking in two major victories.

Everyone except his postman, apparently, seems to think, the 2008 Open and US PGA champion is in the midst of a terrible funk, having missed three cuts in nine events in the United States this year, including at last week’s Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Yet while his finishing positions and scoring reflect a slide for Harrington since the glories of last summer, the Irishman insists he is in the midst of a work in progress, not to return to form but to exceed the performances that have garnered three wins in the last seven major championships.