Padraig Harrington heading to Hoylake with third Open title in his sights

Padraig Harrington is going to this week's Open Championship with the Claret Jug firmly in his sights - he believes adding another a fourth major to his haul is well within his ability.

The Dubliner has won the Open twice - claiming back-to-back wins in 2007 and 2008 - along with the PGA Championship in 2008 and while those triumphs came 15 years ago, he has showed signs of rediscovering some of his best form of late.

Harrington came home in 28 strokes to retain his DICK's Sporting Goods Open title on the Champions Tour at the end of June and played some great golf at the Scottish Open over the first two rounds last week, before eventually finishing comfortably inside the top 50.

Despite being a month off his 52nd birthday, Harrington travels to Hoylake full of confidence and ready to cause a shock or two.

"I'm obviously playing nicely and the fact that I've done it before, people will think 'Okay, can you do it again? They know I’ve got the bottle to do it in that sense," he told RTÉ Sport's Greg Allen.

"Physically, I'm playing well, mentally I'm getting my head in the game. When you know you’re playing well then you start thinking 'OK well you got to get your mental game sharp, you got to get your routine sharp’.

"So that's what I've been doing last week and what I’ve got to do Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday this week and hopefully Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And by the time I get there Sunday afternoon, I really am in the zone. That's the focus, just get myself mentally ready.

"There's no issue with the physical side, so yeah, I can go and win this then. No doubt about it.

"You can't go out there trying to play somebody else's game, you play your own game. I know that's It's a big cliche but you've got to believe that.

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