Harrington not harried by ‘Jaws’ jibe

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON may have shot a blemishless three under-par round 68 in the first round of the BMW Championship, the third tournament of four in the US Tour’s FedEx Championship, in Chicago yesterday, but the Irishman is having to put up with some real ribbing from a friend as he goes about his business.

There is a $10m jackpot on offer to the winner of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-off series and at the halfway point Harrington is in seventh place and still within range of leaders Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods.

Yet the friend is not allowing him to forget the shots which cost him so dear at the Bridgestone World Championship and US PGA last month and then at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday as he slipped from first to fourth.