Harrington shrugs off neck injury

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON suffered a recurrence of a long running neck injury but shrugged off the concern despite an adventurous first round in the Barclays Singapore Open.

Harrington revealed he injured his neck on Monday while in the gym ahead of carding a two-under par 69 on day one of the rain-affected event in Singapore.

The triple Major winner eagled the sixth on the Tangong course at the Sentosa Resort but, six holes on, the Dubliner sent his drive out-of-bounds to finish the day six strokes behind the leading pair of England’s Chris Wood and Korean Bi-o Kim.