“I’ve had a tough run and I really wanted to play well.”

Ernie Els, the Rolls Royce of golf, looked every inch the classic model admired by all when he closed with an immaculate, six under 66 to win the WGC-CA Championship by four shots from his South African protégé Charl Schwartzel at blustery Doral.

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Padraig Harrington is chasing his first WGC victory in Miami.The Formula One season begins in Bahrain today but you can almost hear the engines roaring ahead of the final round of the WGC-CA Championship at the Doral’s Blue Monster circuit. We want to see an imperious drive from the winner, but secretly, we’re just waiting for the crashes, the shunts and shaking fists. 

Gentlemen, start your engines.

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“My father always told me, ‘If you can’t win, play well five months of the year; make sure you play well midseason; if you’re going to pick a time to play well, play well through the four majors.’”

Is he back? Who? Tiger? No, Padraig Harrington.

It’s too soon to say that Harrington has started to mine the kind of form that will make him a force at Augusta in a month’s time, but a four under 68 left the Celtic Tiger just four shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the WGC-CA Championship in Miami.

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Padraig Harrington has played more World Golf Championships than any other player. But will it be 33rd time lucky for the Dubliner at Doral?

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Padraig Harrington insisted he’s not feeling under pressure to perform despite his winless streak and his slow, slide down the world rankings. 

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Padraig Harrington will try anything to become a better player. Here he’s pictured working on his putting at the Titleist Performance Institute.Padraig Harrington confessed that a failed experiment put him right off his greens at last week’s Honda Classic.

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Padraig Harrington will join Taoiseach Brian Cowen for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House.

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Tiger Woods’s yacht Privacy

Tiger Woods won’t be at Doral’s Blue Monster for this week’s WGC-CA Championship

But Ireland’s Celtic Tiger Padraig Harrington reckons the controversy surrounding the disgraced world No 1 could lead to a long-term financial bonanza for golf when the world No 1 returns to the game.

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Graeme McDowell threw away precious world ranking points and a cool $200,000 as he was mangled in the Bear Trap at the Honda Classic.

But the Ulsterman believes he can bite back in this week’s WGC-CA Championship at Doral by taking a chunk out of the famous Blue Monster.

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Graeme McDowell’s hopes of capturing  the Honda Classic and his maiden PGA Tour title were horribly mangled by the notorious Bear Trap at the PGA National Champion Course in Florida last night.

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Padraig Harrington has 37 days to get his game in shape for the Masters and when he sat down with his mental coach Bob Rotella for a chat on Monday, he revealed that he felt like a naughty schoolboy confessing his misdeeds to the dean of studies.

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Graeme McDowell has secured a Blue Monster lifeline with a late invite for next week’s Honda Classic in Florida.

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