Road rage in BMW as Harrington drives off course

A week that had shone so brightly for the Irish contingent in the BMW Championship finished in considerable disappointment with Paul McGinley losing out by two strokes to Angel Cabrera and the other challengers faltering at the final hurdle.

Padraig Harrington’s negative views on the Burma Road course haven’t changed after a week in which he showed close to the top of the leaderboard for much of the time only fade badly yesterday in spite of a bright start.

Birdies at the second and third actually put him in contention but there was little or no spark subsequently. A birdie at 11 moved him to seven under but he hooked off the tee at the long 12th, landed in a ditch and did remarkably well to eke out a par five.