Pádraig Harrington making most of 'last roll of the dice' to return to major contention

Shane Lowry is confident he's well in contention too, although his putter let him down "big time" on day one of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island

Pádraig Harrington. File picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Pádraig Harrington keeps telling his prospective members of the European Ryder Cup team that the best thing they can do is go win one of the last three majors and an Olympic gold medal.

He wasn’t anticipating throwing himself into the mix this week at the PGA Championship.