PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON is torn when it comes to the hullabaloo surrounding the return of Tiger Woods at Augusta next week.

Padraig Harrington was leading the charge to catch US PGA Championship leader Tiger Woods as the world number one defended a four-shot overnight lead at Hazeltine National.

PADRAIG HARRINGTON was the only Irishman still standing on a day when there was no keeping Tiger Woods out of the headlines when the Accenture World Match Play championship began at La Costa near San Diego.

Padraig Harrington bowed out of the Accenture Match Play Championship today in the quarter-finals beaten two and one by world number one Tiger Woods.

Padraig Harrington has been paired with Tiger Woods in the first round of the American Express World Championship.