Harrington among the late starters

Pádraig Harrington’s bid for a third British Open Championship victory will get off to a late start on Thursday following yesterday’s draw at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

With top-10 finishes at both the Masters and US Open this season, Harrington is returning to the form that landed him back-to-back British Opens in 2007 and 2008 as well as a PGA Championship.

Paired for the first two rounds with American hot-shot Rickie Fowler and European amateur champion Manuel Trappel of Austria, the Irishman will tee off his opening round at 2:32pm in the 44th of 53 playing groups.