Pádraig Harrington: I’ll need a miracle, or a 62

Pádraig Harrington insists he needs a miracle — or a 62 — to have any chance of catching Phil Mickelson and lifting his third Open title.

“A 62? That would give you a story alright,” he said after bookending a 72 with bogeys to finish his day 10 shots behind the 46-year old left hander on level par.

It was a trademark battling round for the 44-year old Dubliner, whose is more focused now on the US PGA and the Olympic Games than chasing down the leader.