Fistful of dollars for Pádraig

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON’S bank manager and his many commercial sponsors are all smiling broadly again.

Somehow, the 38-year-old Dubliner has fought back from a season that was unravelling, to such an extent that many wondered if he would ever again be a force in the game, to currently stand eighth in the world rankings, sixth in the Fed-Ex Cup points list on the PGA US Tour and 24th on their order of merit with $2,298,377 to his credit. All but $39,411 of that total has been accumulated in the past six weeks, beginning with the first signs of revival in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational in early August.

He earned $655,000 for coming second in that event; $150,633 for 10th place in the US PGA Championship; $495,000 for second in the Barclays Championship, $310,000 for fourth in the Deutsche Bank Championship and $260,625 for sixth in the BMW Championship at the weekend.