Over-confidence proves costly for Harrington

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON admitted a touch of over-confidence proved costly as he opened the defence of his BMW Asian Open title with an even par round in Shanghai yesterday .

The world number eight has an enviable record in this part of the world, including victory late last year at the Hong Kong Open, and felt his fifth-place finish in Macau last week had been ideal preparation.

“I do like coming to Asia and I have been reasonably successful here in the past,” Harrington had said.