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Tue 10 Oct 2007Padraig ready for finishing stretchRested, both in body and mind, Padraig Harrington will resume tournament play in defending the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland this week, the start of a season-finishing stretch aimed at retaining his PGA European Tour order of merit title.The 35-year-old Dubliner - who had both his coach, Bob Torrance, and physiotherapist, Dale Richardson, who provided treatment on the associated neck and knee injuries that forced him to withdraw from the Seve Trophy team, over to visit him last week - is currently €326,483 ahead of Justin Rose, his closest pursuer, in the money list.