Harrington aiming to lead by example

FOR Pádraig Harrington, the commencement of this Ryder Cup can’t come soon enough.

Yesterday he endured his final media duties before facing the Americans and the questioning at times felt more like an inquisition.

His good fortune to receive one of Colin Montgomerie’s three ‘wild card’ picks and the controversy that surrounded that decision was the central theme and the Dubliner must have been a relieved man at the session’s end.