Next level motivates Harrington

Padraig Harrington insists he will not dwell on his Open success and is determined to join golf's "exclusive clubs".

The Dubliner was still savouring his second Open success into the early hours of Monday morning, but emerged to unveil his blueprint of joining the game's elite after rising up to the third in the world rankings.

"Winning my first major was incredible and my goal then was to win another one," he said. "I'm thrilled it's come so quickly but I have to look forward.

"There are some exclusive clubs in golf I am going to focus on joining. Three majors first, also a different major."

Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, Mark O'Meara and Retief Goosen are the only others apart from Harrington to have won two or more majors since Tiger Woods won the first of his 14 in 1997.

"There are loads of levels to move up to, and I must keep pushing on," added Harrington.

"No matter whether I succeed or not, you need clear and attainable goals to retain the intensity."