Surrounded by some heavy-handed police as he was ushered away from the media centre at Oakland Hills last Sunday night, Pádraig Harrington broke away from the pack to answer one last question from a familiar but imploring Irish voice. Read More...

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Sky high and hungry, Padraig Harrington reached for a pile of chocolate bars in the top floor boardroom of the Bank of Ireland’s Dublin headquarters. “That is another bonus of winning by the way.” he said with a grin, his native city spread out below. “When you win, you can eat all around you and it doesn’t have any effect on you whatsoever.” Read More...

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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. Read More...

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Just over a year ago, Darren Clarke glared from a sofa in Portugal, looked his inquisitors firmly in the eye and declared: “I’m no quite b*****d yet, you know.” Looks as though he was right. Read More...

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Damien McGrane delights in describing himself as a grinder, a European Tour worker bee, sucking up the euro and tournament experience with the kind of patience and dogged determination that makes the legendary Bernhard Langer look like a whirling dervish by comparison. Read More...

Tags: Damien McGrane, Volvo China Open, Graeme McDowell