Tour dilemma for Harrington

Triple Major winner Pádraig Harrington could be forced to draw on a special one-time exemption if he is to compete full time on next year’s PGA Tour.

After missing the halfway cut in the 96th PGA Championship, Harrington was heading to Greensboro in North Carolina and needing to finish top-two in the $5.3m (€3.9m) Wyndham Championship if he is to retain full tour membership rights for the start of the 2014/15 PGA Tour wraparound schedule.

Harrington has been competing full-time on the PGA since 2007. He earned a five-year Tour exemption for winning Open Championship in 2007 and that was extended when he won the 2008 Open and the 2008 PGA Championship.