Pádraig targets FedEx jackpot

IT may sound like a million to one double.

But is it really outlandish to suggest that over the next seven days Padraig Harrington will capture the US Tour Championship and along with it, the FedEx $10 million jackpot in Georgia? Or that Paul McGinley will take a major step forward towards the future captaincy of the European Ryder Cup team by the manner in which he leads the British & Irish team against the Continent of Europe in the battle for the Vivendi Trophy, formerly the Seve Trophy, in Paris?

Mission impossible? Very probably. After all, Harrington must win the Tour Championship to jump from 6th to first in the FedEx standings and even then Tiger Woods would need to finish outside of the top two for that to happen. The winner of the Tour Championship receives $1.260 million while the winner of the FedEx Series picks up $10 million so there’s an awful lot at stake this week at East Lake, Atlanta, the home club of the legendary amateur Bobby Jones.