Padraig Harrington daring to dream again

Pádraig Harrington will embark on his bid for a third Open Championship victory and a fourth major at St Andrews today having promised to give it his best shot and not fear the consequences.

The 43-year-old’s back-to-back Open wins in 2007 and 2008 provided the spark for Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy to follow in his footsteps and he returned to major championship contention himself yesterday with a sparkling seven-under-par 65 around the Old Course.

That leaves Harrington at 10 under par going into today’s final round two shots back of a three-way tie for the lead that includes compatriot Paul Dunne.