Paddy in the hunt in Omega Masters

Pádraig Harrington sent his penultimate shot a dozen rows deep into a final hole grandstand but then chipped-in for birdie to be just three strokes from the lead after two rounds of the Omega European Masters.

Harrington had thinned a 127-meter fairway bunker shot that flew a water hazard and then the green before striking a middle-aged woman on the elbow. The Dublin er then took a free drop and holed his 10-foot wedge shot in a round of 65 for a seven under par tally, right behind Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher (65) and Dane Thomas Bjorn (66) who share the lead on 10-under par.

Harrington then sought out the spectator to present her with a signed ball before heading to the scorer’s hut with his equal lowest score in 16 rounds of the Crans-sur-Sierre course.