Shane Lowry

The ageless Padraig Harrington fired a superb 67 to finish fourth at the Abu Dhabi Championship, though it was France's Victor Perez who took home his third ...

When Perez bogeyed 14, Harrington was only one stroke off the lead. By now, the prospect of victory appeared especially remote, however, the three-time major winner caught another hot streak. It's just great," the tearful Frenchman told Sky Sports after winning. In his third round, Harrington had rattled six birdies on a row between 11 and 16, at one stage tying the lead with his compatriot Lowry. After a stunning 64 catapulted him up the leaderboard on Saturday, Harrington was rocked early with bogey on the first, undoing some of the damage with a birdie at the par-five second. It looked unassailable before he found another bunker and then the penalty area on the 18th but he took his medicine with a bogey to finish on a victorious 18-under-par total.

The Dundee-based Frenchman started the day a shot off co-leaders Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari and Min Woo Lee. While former Open winners Lowry and ...

I've worked really hard." Hopefully I can make it a little easier for the next one. I've had a really good off-season.

Pádraig Harrington came up just short in his bid to become the oldest winner in the DP World Tour history and Shane Lowry faded to 28th as Victor Perez ...

And a really good chance on 15 and a chance of 16. I had a good chance on 10 I didn't make, and an eagle putt on 11. But while he birdied the 12th and 13th to keep his hopes alive, he dropped five shots in his next three holes. And then got a bit of a bad break at 18.” "I played better than that and that's the annoying thing. After knocking in a 12-footer at the 10th, the three-time Major winner made a four-footer at the 12th, a six-footer for a two at the 13th and a 12-footer at the 14th to get to within two shots of the lead.

Padraig Harrington shot an impressive final round of five under par to finish in fourth place at the Abu Dhabi Champinship.

I’ll never be as good as I am at golf, so why not find a way of going out there and loving golf again." I have a much better handle on experience, who I am and what I need to do. I have to be different, so I’m actually trying the opposite...

France's Victor Perez survived a nervous finale to win the tournament by one shot after a shooting a six-under-par 66 in his final round. But it was a poor day ...

Lowry, who won the event in 2019, birdied the second and led the tournament after another birdie on No 5. "It is probably the greatest shot I ever hit," Perez said of his birdie on the 17th. Hopefully I can make it a little easier for the next."

Victor Perez secured the biggest win of his career and boosted his Ryder Cup qualification hopes after surviving a late scare to claim a dramatic Abu Dhabi ...

It was a crazy finish but I'm used to that by now. It [bunker shot on 17th] came up a little skinny, I'm not going to lie, and then spun back and the just the fortune of the ball going in. "I'm just delighted to finish on top. I was trying to plod along, but Seb [Sebastian Soderberg] was fantastic, he never gave me an opening. I've had a really good off-season, I've worked really hard, and it's just great." "There's a lot of big things coming up.