The 2007 Open Championship winner Pádraig Harrington with the Claret Jug on his arrival home at Weston airport, Leixlip in July 2007. Photo: Caroline Quinn/Sportsfile

The 2007 Open Championship winner Pádraig Harrington with the Claret Jug on his arrival home at Weston airport, Leixlip in July 2007. Photo: Caroline Quinn/Sportsfile

World Cup hero Pádraig Harrington made the match of a lifetime yesterday when he married long-time sweetheart Caroline Gregan. And among the 160 guests was his champion partner Paul McGinley. Pádraig, 26, wed blonde Caroline just weeks after clinching the World Cup with McGinley in the US.

And after kissing radiant bride Caroline outside the church, he beamed: “This is far better than the Cup. This is a great day.”