Padraig finished T18 at the SAS Championship in Cary, North Carolina, closing with an excellent 4-under-par 68.

After opening rounds of 71 and 75, he saved his best golf for Sunday, climbing 19 places up the leaderboard to finish at 2-under-par (214) for the tournament.

His final-round 68 was also the joint-lowest round of the day, a strong response to a difficult Saturday and a positive finish to the week.

Final round of one over par sees Padraig finish in tied 35th place with a total of nine under par. Twenty under par won the event after a very windy day on the Old Course links. Padraig mixed four bogies with three birdies on a very tough day. A couple of fairway bunkers were the result of two of his dropped shots while all three birdies were the result of excellent approach play which resulted in three four foot putts for birdies. All in all a good weeks work!

Third round of four under par 68 sees Padraig finish at ten under par and safely into Sundays final round at St Andrews. He was a model of consistency with just one blemish on his card at the par three 11th hole, where he three putted from long range. Five birdies made it an enjoyable day but the pro am team failed to make the final day. He tees off in the final round at 9.40am with Tommy Fleetwood and Euan Walker. The forecast is for heavy wind so it will make for an interesting final day!

Padraig shoots a superb round of five under par 67 to head for the weekend on six under par and only five behind the leader. He got off to a nice start at Kingsbarns with a couple of early birdies but dropped a shot at the par four 7th hole. He got that straight back with two closing birdies to be out in 33 shots. Three more birdies followed on the back nine before a dropped shot at the last but he is still well in contention with two rounds to go at St Andrews. There was no joy in the team event as their twelve under par total leaves them six shots behind the cut line for Sunday! Padraig tees off at 11.23am local time with Joe Dean at the Old Course!

Padraig opens his Dunhill account with a one under par round of 71 around the famed Carnoustie links. He got off to a steady start but dropped a couple of shots late on to turn in 38 shots. He was much more like himself on the back nine as he made three birdies, two on par fives, which saw him sign for an under par round. He plays Friday at 10.50am with Joe Dean at the Kingsbarns links! In the team event, they trail by eight shots after an opening round of four under par.

Padraig is back at one of his favourite events of the year, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It is his 25th year in a row to play the event, which is in itself a record! It is, as usual, being held over three of Scotlands finest courses, Carnoustie, the Old Course at St Andrews and Kingsbarns. Padraig is a two time winner of the championship and also won the pro-am with his good friend, JP McManus. Kieran McManus will partner him this week and it’s one to look forward to on Thursday as he starts in Carnoustie, the scene of  his first Open Championship victory back in 2007!

Tee Times ->  Opening round, Carnoustie, at 9am with Lee Westwood