Harrington will be putt to the test by Riley

RYDER Cup rivalry will be renewed at Wentworth on Thursday when Ireland’s Padraig Harrington faces Chris Riley in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship which offers a world record first prize of £1 million.

Though criticised for opting out of the Saturday afternoon foursomes at Oakland Hills due to “mental exhaustion”, Riley fared better than most of his Ryder Cup colleagues.

He partnered Tiger Woods to a 4 and 3 fourball win over Darren Clarke and Ian Poulter and also halved the first morning fourball with Stewart Cink against Paul McGinley and Luke Donald before losing his singles to Poulter by 3 and 2.