Harrington opt-out surprises stars

BOTH Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo have expressed their surprise at Pádraig Harrington’s decision not to contest this week’s Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth.

Harrington opt-out surprises stars

Harrington went back to the top of Europe's Order of Merit by beating Ryder Cup team-mate Thomas Bjorn in a play-off for the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Germany on Sunday. But he has chosen to miss the circuit's flagship event simply because he has never had a top-10 finish there.

Montgomerie, who in stark contrast has had three wins and three seconds, said: "It seems very strange. He shot 61 in the World Match Play it's the same course, isn't it?"

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