Every shot counts for grinder Harrington despite Wentworth woes

If Rory McIlroy could bottle Pádraig Harrington’s, well, bottle, then his quest to be golf’s greatest could well be on the fast track.

As the pair both exited the BMW PGA Championship on Friday evening, alongside Ireland’s other major champions Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke, they offered contrasting ideas about how to conduct tournament play when the chance of victory has long since disappeared.

On the way to each shooting 79s as the wind got up on Wentworth’s tough West Course it had become clear that neither would be making the cut in the European Tour’s flagship event, let alone getting into contention.