All about surviving the waiting game for Pádraig Harrington

The Open still stirs the passion in three-time major winner Pádraig Harrington, and he can’t wait to get into the thick of the action at Troon on Thursday.

Don’t expect Pádraig Harrington to be doing cartwheels down the first fairway at Royal Troon this afternoon. Or tomorrow. Or even on Wednesday.

OK perhaps there will be a slight frisson of excitement in the 44-year old’s ageing body as soon as he sees the soaring Open grandstands and the big yellow master scoreboard at the Ayrshire links. But as a general rule, it takes a lot to get Harrington excited on the golf course these days.