Harrington up for the challenge

FOR years we’ve been waiting for someone to stand up and take on Tiger Woods in a major. Finally, it appears that Ireland’s Pádraig Harrington is ready to throw down the gauntlet.

Not that you’d know that by listening to the recently-crowned Open champion Stewart Cink, who believes they may as well hand the 91st US PGA Championship and his 15th major victory to Woods right now.

“I’d say he’s got a pretty good chance,” Cink said. “Probably better than anybody else in the field. He’s driving it pretty well. He’s got a short game that history has never known, he’s got the clutch putting that history has never known, and he’s got the ultimate tank of confidence. So case closed.”