Siren to the rescue for struggling Harrington

The sounding of a siren to halt play due to poor light probably did Pádraig Harrington a favour on the opening day of the thunderstorm affected Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.

The storm forced a three-hour delay to the start of play and, with the light fading, only 15 players in the elite 78-player field completed their round.

Irish Open champion Paul Casey finished the day sharing the lead with South African Darren Fichardt and Agentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez at seven under par and the Englishman still has four holes to play.