Harrington edged out again

TWO badly hooked tee shots at the 10th and 12th holes cost Pádraig Harrington dearly in the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Norton Course in Boston last night.

He eventually added a final round of 68 to his three previous 67s for a 15 under par total of 269 that left him in a share of 4th place, two behind Steve Stricker and one adrift of Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank.

The Irishman played beautiful golf over the opening nine holes to get to 16 under and into a one-stroke lead turning for home in this, the second tournament on the US Tour’s FedEx playoff series.