Grieving Pádraig back in Tour action

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has admitted he was struggling for motivation as he returned to European Tour action following the death of his father.

Harrington withdrew from the Open championship at St Andrews last week after his father Paddy died following a long battle with cancer.

“I said the week before my dad passed away I would be happy enough to pack the clubs away and leave them for a year,” Harrington said ahead of this week’s Deutsche Bank event in Hamburg.