Harrington the air-miles king

Padraig Harrington is World No 1 at last - for his incredible air-miles.

Despite claims that Ernie Els the world’s most travelled golfer, research reveals that Harrington is actually the daddy of them all.

The Big Easy racked up up 82,140 air miles compared to figures of around 40,000 miles for Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen.

Masters champion and World No 5 Phil Mickelson only managed 23,615 miles.

But after a year in which he visited nine different countries, Harrington clocked up an amazing 99,810 miles.

Add in the occasional trip to Largs in Scotland for visits to his coach Bob Torrance and Harrington is well over 100,000 miles for the year - the equivalent of four trips around the world.

No wonder he is looking forward to nine weeks off over the winter.

Harrington’s year in the air
Dublin - Kuala Lumpur 6773
Kuala Lumpur - Carlsbad 8783
Carlsbad - Dubai 8318
Dubai - Dublin 3673
Dublin - Jacksonville Florida 3984
Jacksonville - Atlanta 289
Atlanta - Augusta 136
Augusta - Dublin 3845
Dublin - Macao, China 6124
Macao - Shanghai 767
Shanghai - Heidelberg 5508
Heidelberg - Dublin 697
Dublin - Dublin, Ohio 3570
Ohio - New York 477
New York - Southampton, NY 30
New York - Dublin 3179
Dublin - Troon 190
Troon - Drogheda 168
Dublin - Wisconsin 3672
Wisconsin - Akron 427
Akron - Munich 4317
Munich - Dublin 855
Dublin - Cologne 583
Cologne - Dublin 583
Dublin - Woburn 256
Woburn - Kilkenny 289
Kilkenny - St Andrews 280
St Andrews - Wentworth 332
Wentworth - Dublin 288
Dublin - Malaga 1151
Malaga - Dublin 1151
Dublin - Atlanta 3924
Atlanta - Dublin 3924
Dublin - Seville 1102
Seville - Korea 6453
Korea - Hong Kong 1306
Hong Kong - California 7244
California - Dublin 5162
38 trips 99,810 miles