Harrington chips in with €240,000

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has declined to accept a penny of the €240,000 he picked up for winning the JP McManus pro-am at Adare Manor on Tuesday.

Instead, the money he won for winning the professional section and also coming first in the two main team competitions will go into the charity fund which is expected to reach €30 million.

Harrington made a huge impression on the close-on 50,000 people who thronged the Co Limerick venue, signing hundreds of autographs and standing in for numerous photographs.