Pádraig Harrington endured the ritual of all defending champions when he returned the US Seniors Open trophy to the USGA ahead of the 43rd edition of the championship at SentryWorld in Wisconsin. Thing is, he wants it back.
The 51-year-old Dubliner – with a successful defence of his Dick’s Sporting Goods Open on the Champions Tour as fresh as last Sunday in the memory bank – has been juggling his time with some virtuosity on the various circuits and believes that the cut-and-thrust of continuing to play the Majors (he made the cuts at both the US PGA and the US Open) as well as the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour gives him an edge.
Harrington played 33 tournaments on the various tours last …

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