The sounding of a siren to halt play due to poor light probably did Pádraig Harrington a favour on the opening day of the thunderstorm affected Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.

After the euphoria of the Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy had the victory rug unceremoniously dragged from under him on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines World Golf final in Belek.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON managed to finish all square in a practice match with Phil Mickelson yesterday but the Irishman is staring at much higher stakes when he tees-up in this week’s Singapore Open.