Upbeat Harrington in the mood

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON could not be in a better frame of mind as he heads into this year’s most lucrative tournament in the form to walk off with the PGA Tour’s biggest prize.

After turning round what had been a pretty miserable 2009 season with five successive top-10 finishes since relinquishing his Open Championship title at Turnberry in July, the Irishman will go into tomorrow’s FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship in East Lake, Georgia, brimming with confidence that a first victory of the year can come at the most opportune moment.

There is not just a cheque for $1.35 million (€912,000) on offer to the winner of this 30-man event, featuring the top players from the season-long FedEx points rankings but also a $10m (€6.7m) bonus.