Pádraig Harrington secured senior major number three and a first Senior Open title after a strong final round of 67 helped him to a three shot win at Sunningdale in Berkshire.

Pádraig Harrington acted out the role of dominant front-runner in claiming the ISPS Handa Senior Open – to add to his US Senior Open success of last month – with an impressive closing round 67 for a total of 16-under-par 264 for a three-stokes winning margin over runners-up Justin Leonard and Thomas Bjorn at Sunningdale.

In the tournament organized jointly by the Legends Tour and the PGA Tour Champions, Harrington took the lead in the second round and then controlled the situation, preventing his opponents from coming