Pádraig Harrington had every reason to smile at TPC Louisiana on Saturday night, not because he's rated Ireland's richest sportsman with an estimated worth of €43m (€9m more than Rory McIlroy) in the latest "guesstimates" by "The Sunday Times Rich List", but because he holed from nearly 50 feet for birdie on his last hole to make the 54-hole cut in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
He might not have finished in ideal fashion but Padraig Harrington still left The European Club convinced that he could not have asked for better preparation for next week's Open Championship defence at Royal Birkdale.
The Dubliner was eight strokes clear of second placed Philip Walton with three holes to play but bogeyed the 16th and double bogeyed the 18th after a visit to the water hazard for a one-over par 72 that left him four ahead in the end on one-over par and clutching his fifth Irish PGA title.
