The wisp drifted in from the same spot it has all week, a hint of grey poking its head over the ridges of The Horns before hovering angry over the back greens of The Broadmoor.

Harrington and Cink played together for each of the four rounds, with Harrington finishing one shot better than his fellow major champion.

In a day when Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink went back and forth, it was the Irishman who came out on top at the U.S. Senior Open.