A live scoring app, ClubApp, has announced a new partnership with Irish golfer Padraig Harrington.

The controversy over playing The Open at courses such as men-only Muirfield is not an indication of golf’s need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century but a problem with society in general.

PÁDRAIG Harrington might have to start clearing his diary, with local authorities and golf clubs queuing up to hail his historic British Open Championship win.