Harrington and Woods see green shoots around Blue Monster

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON and Tiger Woods departed Miami in reasonably good spirits having shared 10th place in the WGC Cadillac World Championship over the Blue Monster course at Doral.

A closing round of 66, the lowest of the day, didn’t prevent Woods from going 19 successive tournaments without a victory and remaining fifth in the world rankings but it hints his work with coach Sean Foley may be paying rich dividends.

Harrington, who has checked his downward spiral in the world rankings by improving three spots from 37th to 34th, would have finished up the field had he not again thrown away a number of shots at one hole.