Padraig Harrington believes he’s “getting on top” of his short game again. Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ie Padraig Harrington’s obsession with improving his long game could see him come up short in his quest for more majors.

That’s the view of Phil Mickelson’s short game guru Dave Pelz, who reckons the Dubliner has neglected his chipping and putting for the past three years.

Sitting in Atlanta airport for three days might not seem like one of the perk’s of the greatest job in the world but when weighing up the pro and cons of covering a sport that takes you from the rugged beauty of the west of Ireland to the plains of Kazakhstan or the deserts of Arizona, a 25-minute jaunt from the capital into the heart of County Meath might seem, well, tame.

How wrong I was.