Late eagle keeps Pádraig in the hunt at Houston Open

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON produced a mixed second round at the Shell Houston Open in Texas, but his three-under-par 69 ensured he remains in the hunt for victory.

The Dubliner, had looked set to move into a handy lead at the top of the leaderboard as, starting from the 10th, he recorded birdies at the 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th.

Harrington’s only dropped shot on his opening nine holes had been at the 14th, but things took a turn for the worse as he ran up a hat-trick of bogeys from the second to drop back to just one under for the day.