Relaxed Padraig Harrington still in love with the game

Pádraig Harrington is no longer searching for ‘the secret’ in the autumn of a glorious career, but he remains just a little bitter nobody told him where his ball was at St Andrews this year, writes Brian Keogh.

Pádraig Harrington might be living the autumn years of a storied career but the current Honda Classic champion still loves the game and remains as fascinated by the changing golf scene as any fan.

The gradual fading away of Harrington’s generation — Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, and Retief Goosen are just a few of the names that spring to mind — is coinciding with the emergence of the new Big Three, or Big Five if you agree with the Dubliner’s take on the current scene.