Padraig Harrington was forced to settle for the bridesmaid's role for the second successive year after suffering more play-off pain in the PGA Grand Slam.

Lightning has now struck twice for the affable Dubliner who was beaten in a dramatic sudden death play-off by Angel Cabrera last year when he was also sunk by a magnificent eagle on the eighteenth hole.

But despite the double blow, Harrington remained pragmatic in his disappointment and hailed the relentless Jim Furyk who he was unable to shake off after two rounds of topsy-turvy golf at Mid Ocean Club.

The pair had finished the –36 regulation holes on four-under-par 136 with Furyk matching Harrington's two-under 68 with a birdie at the last.

"I think Jim played well, solid golf through the two days, and you know, is a deserved winner.

"But I had opportunities, obviously, no more so than the last hole of the tournament in regulation play," said Harrington, who was crowned PGA Player of the Year on Tuesday.

"You know, it's disappointing but as I said, that's the way it goes sometimes.

"I take from this the fact that I won two majors in the middle of the summer.

"And if I was to get the right break at the right time, I would rather keep it for those events than this week.

"It doesn't work like that, but you have to be philosophical in that sense."

Had Harrington putted an audacious effort at the first play-off hole then maybe he would have been leaving Tucker's Town last night with the fetching 'pink jacket', rather than the victorious Furyk.

But the ball stamped and dragged its feet before jumping over the hole with the momentum then swinging in Furyk's favour.

"It was a strange putt," bemoaned Harrington. "It kind of was uphill . . . I had a feeling it wasn't slow, but obviously I didn't have the luxury of rolling it like maybe I would have done if it was normal play.

"I hit it too firm, very much in the middle of the hole and it could have gone in. I thought I holed the putt . . ."

The undulating fairways and superfast greens certainly caused the elite foursome a few headaches, especially in the first round, with Harrington describing the sea view course a "very good test of golf".

"You know, it just goes to prove that a golf course doesn't have to be long," he said.

"The greens, they obviously softened them up a lot and made it a lot easier for us today than yesterday. The greens are very difficult out there.

"There's good variety on the golf course, which is always a good sign for a golf course, and you know, depending on how you want to set it up, it can be set up hard or easy, and this course, that can be done with it.