Padraig Harrington was left looking thinking about what could have been after finishing fifth at The Masters.

The Irishman followed up his seventh-placed finish in 2007 by trailing champion Trevor Immelman home in fifth to finish as the highest placed European in the competition.

But having finished sixth shots off the pace, Harrington was in no mood to look at positives.

"I'm not satisfied with the high finish, no," said Harrington. "It won't go down on my CV - we're all about trying to get out there and win.

"My short game was poor. I missed some good chances and you can't give them away on a windy day.

"I felt good about my game. I was well in the zone and that's what you want when it comes to major championships.

"You want to be able to get yourself into the right mental state because if you do that you know good things will happen.

"I have to look back and reflect on a couple of places where shots went adrift. What finishing like this says to me is that I'm doing the right things.

"I feel my preparation was good. I set my stall out that I was building up for The Masters and now it's the US Open for the next couple of months.

"I didn't get the right side of the draw at the start of the week and I'm walking away saying that there's nothing in my golf swing that needs to be worked on.

"And there's nothing in my ability to play the game that needs to be worked on. It's all there - it's just a question of getting the best out of me in these weeks."


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