Far from being content with a finishing as the leading European in the field, Padraig Harrington left Augusta last night disappointed he was not wearing a green jacket.

The Dubliner, seventh at the US Masters last year when he closed four shots behind Zach Johnson, finished joint fifth, six strokes behind Trevor Immelman.

"I'm not satisfied with the high finish, no," said Harrington. "It won't go down on my CV — we're all about trying to get out there and win. My short game was poor. I missed some good chances and you can't give them away on a windy day.

"I felt good about my game. I was well in the zone and that's what you want when it comes to major championships. You want to be able to get yourself into the right mental state because if you do that you know good things will happen.

"I have to look back and reflect on a couple of places where shots went adrift. What finishing like this says to me is that I'm doing the right things. I feel my preparation was good. I set my stall out that I was building up for The Masters and now it's the US Open for the next couple of months.

"I didn't get the right side of the draw at the start of the week and I'm walking away saying that there's nothing in my golf swing that needs to be worked on.

"And there's nothing in my ability to play the game that needs to be worked on. It's all there — it's just a question of getting the best out of me in these weeks."

For Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose a week that promised so much fizzled out. Casey was third after three holes of his final round, but crashed to 11th with 79 that included a penalty stroke he called on himself when his ball moved as he prepared to putt on the sixth.

"That took the wind out of my sails," he commented. "Everybody's made mistakes, but to have a golf ball move on you, that's out of your control. But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger — I still had a great week. I'll take the positives out of it as I always try to."

Poulter birdied his first two holes to get to four under par — Immelman won with eight under and Tiger Woods was second on five under —  but after no fewer than four double bogeys he ended up with a 78 for four over and 25th place.

"Wow, what a day," he said. "How do you sum that up? Every time I hit what I thought was a half-decent shot I finished on the wrong side. You know what this course is like in a 25mph wind and I just had one of these days."

Rose, of course, had been joint leader with Immelman after an opening 68, but finished 36th.

"I struggled to read the greens and I'm just disappointed with the week overall," he stated. "It was a weird week. The first couple of days I felt my long game was in good shape, but I didn't score well and as the week went on my short game didn't help me.

"I found it very difficult to grind once I slipped out of the tournament."