Irish aces seek end of season flourish

THEY may have experienced wildly different campaigns in the Majors this year, but hope springs eternal for Rory McIlroy and Pádraig Harrington as they look forward to strong finishes to their seasons.

US Open champion McIlroy will spend the next two weeks resting the sprained right wrist tendon that ruined his hopes of winning the PGA Championship before looking to put the positives of a breakthrough Major victory to good use on the European Tour as the Race To Dubai builds to its finale in December at the Dubai World Championship.

Harrington, meanwhile, will continue to grind his way into a PGA Tour FedEx Cup play-off series berth at this week’s Wyndham Championship, the final qualifying event, before turning to serious work with new coach Pete Cowen.