Harrington looks to bounce at the Barclays

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON returns to competitive golf this week at the Barclays Championship, the first of four events in the lucrative, season-ending Fed-Ex Cup series on the US Tour.

While his fans are still reeling from the manner in which Harrington encountered golfing disaster at the 16th in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and at the 8th in the USPGA Championship, his performances at Firestone and Hazeltine have fired him up the Fed-Ex Cup rankings table. Those nightmare holes aside, Harrington’s game should be in good working order and if he can avoid a repeat of such serious blips, he should be in contention for a substantial share of the millions on offer at Liberty National, New Jersey, this week.

“I will be a better player for what happened in those two tournaments, I have learned from them, and they won’t leave a bad mark of any kind on me,” insists Harrington.