McGinley: Unceasing Harrington was always destined for annals of greatness

On Monday, Padraig Harrington will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Paul McGinley claims that the signs were there long before that breakthrough Open win at Carnoustie in 2007.

Team Europe captain Paul McGinley, left, and assistant captain Padraig Harrington at the 2014 Ryder Cup. Picture credit: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE

Padraig Harrington never stood still. There has never been a point where he found a contentment with his status quo. It would have never occurred to him to even contemplate such a state of affairs.

There was always a curiosity that he allied to an obsessiveness and it was apparent in the unceasing attention to detail when it came to anything to do with his game. If it wasn’t his swing it was his fitness or his mental game.