‘It’s a day to remember the great things Bob did’

It hardly mattered that he didn’t make a birdie and missed the cut comfortably after a sad 78.

Pádraig Harrington only had words of joy rather than sadness after hearing at the finish that the coach who made him a three-time Major winner had passed away.

“It puts it in perspective,” said Harrington of his day on hearing that the great Scottish coach Bob Torrance had died at the age of 82 after a seven month battle with cancer.