Pádraig Harrington: Two-putt tidy-ups are the nuts and bolts of golfing glory

Pádraig Harrington with the US Senior Open Championship trophy after clinching the fourth major title of his glittering career at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 

AS a kid around Stackstown, Pádraig Harrington never played out a two-out fantasy to win a major. Just like no one ever dreamt of netting the winner in a Cup final off their backside.

It was always a 90-foot raker over undulation and break. Magical and unlikely. It’s the comic-strip sporting climax but the reality is something more prosaic, and two-putts get the job done just as enjoyably, Harrington confirmed after winning his fourth major – and a first on the PGA Senior Tour – in Pennsylvania Sunday night.