Padraig Harrington could not have written a better headline had he tried – ‘No Sweat As Harrington Captures Barclays Singapore Open’.

Harrington had been talking about the fact he rarely sweats and even with the sauna-like conditions we’re again set to experience this week in Singapore, the Dublin-born Harrington declared he’ll remain ice cool.

“The heat and humidity has never bothered me one bit,” said Harrington.

“It is a big advantage for me coming to play here in the extreme heat as I’m always careful of what I eat and drink, and believe it or not I don’t perspire too much.

An unshaven Padraig Harrington declared it will be no sweat competing in steamy Singapore. (Photo – Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ie)

“I have never been a guy who you see with his shirt soaked in perspiration or anything like that.

“I’ve got leather grips on my clubs so I won’t even need to dry my grips as my hands don’t perspire.

“I might have to wipe my face but I don’t why an Irishman doesn’t sweat in these conditions and things like that just don’t bother me.

“So I can play 18 holes here with just one glove whereas other guys can run through a half-a-dozen gloves.”

Then when it was suggested to Harrington that we can see the headlines now – ‘No Sweat, Harrington’ he responded:  “No, that’s why I didn’t use that word – sweat (now laughing breaks out in media centre).”

And after arriving in Singapore for a first time since capturing the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, the current World No. 61 is very buoyed by his Bermuda success.

“It’s always very nice to win even though it was only 36 holes and there was only four players, but then you still get the same feeling coming down the stretch when you are trying to hold some guys off,” he said.

“So they are the experiences you want to have as often as possible and it makes winning easier every time when you are in that situation.

“But I wouldn’t read that much into the win but then I have been playing nicely all year and I’ve worked well.

“However if I didn’t win that four-man tournament I wouldn’t lose confidence by it but then it is a good habit to get into, and it’s the place where you want to be.

“But it doesn’t make me any better a golf two days after the start of the tournament in Bermuda, so it is always nice to win and that’s where you want to be and I’m happy about it and I would like to see a few more wins.”

However while Harrington is on a high from only his second victory anywhere in four years he arrived in the former British colonial outpost still harbouring bitter memories of the worst loss of his pro career.

It was in the 2008 Barclays Singapore Open and just a handful of months following his last major tour victory in capturing a third Major title – 2008 PGA Championship.

“I lost here to Jeev Milka Singh in 2008 and it was most probably my most bitter lost ever on a golf course,” said Harrington.

“I was two shots ahead with three holes to play and played them in two-over par, so I came close that year and I still remember those three holes very well.”