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September 1, 2009

Padraig Harrington is back in the world’s top 10 after finishing joint runner-up in the opening event of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs.

Padraig Harrington is back in the world’s top 10 after finishing joint runner-up in the opening event of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs.
Harrington’s closing birdie enabled him to share second place at The Barclays in New Jersey with Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Steve Stricker – all a stroke behind shock winner Heath Slocum.
Woods missed a seven-foot birdie chance after Harrington had holed from almost twice as far, then Slocum made a 21-footer which gave him victory when Stricker bogeyed the hole.
Harrington moves up from 11th to ninth in the rankings, while Slocum, the 124th seed in the 125-strong field, leaps all the way to 59th from 197th.
Latest leading positions:
1 Tiger Woods 14.53
2 Phil Mickelson 7.86
3 Paul Casey 6.53
4 Steve Stricker 6.44
5 Kenny Perry 6.10
6 Henrik Stenson 5.98
7 Sergio Garcia 5.71
8 Geoff Ogilvy 5.41
9 Padraig Harrington 5.41
10 Lee Westwood 5.19
11 Stewart Cink 5.16
12 Martin Kaymer 4.87
13 Jim Furyk 4.84
14 Vijay Singh 4.70
15 Lucas Glover 4.45
16 Camilo Villegas 4.35
17 Anthony Kim 4.19
18 Ian Poulter 4.13
19 Retief Goosen 4.10
20 Ernie Els 4.09.
Other leading Europeans:
21 Robert Karlsson
24 Rory McIlroy
25 Ross Fisher
27 Luke Donald
32 Soren Kjeldsen
39 Miguel Angel Jimenez
40 Alvaro Quiros
42 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
45 Oliver Wilson
46 Graeme McDowell
48 Soren Hansen
54 Justin Rose
64 Chris Wood
66 Francesco Molinari
68 Anders Hansen
69 Peter Hanson
78 Nick Dougherty
86 Thomas Levet
94 Fredrik Jacobson
95 Anthony Wall
98 Steve Webster.