Golf: Harrington up to second place

Ireland's Padraig Harrington has picked up six shots on the first seven holes of the third round of the BMW International Open in Germany.

The Dubliner had four birdies and an eagle on the par five sixth to storm to second place behind American John Daly.

Meanwhile Paul McGinley is up to a share of ninth place after carding five birdies so far today - however he bogeyed two shots.

Latest leaderboard from the BMW International Open:

1 DALY, John USA 6 -20

2 HARRINGTON, Padraig IRL 7 -18

3 LEVET, Thomas FRA 18 -16

T4 HANELL, Christopher SWE 17 -14

T4 JACOBSON, Fredrik SWE 8 -14

T4 OLAZABAL, José Maria ESP 7 -14

T7 ROBERTSON, Dean SCO 8 -13

T7 BJÖRN, Thomas DEN 6 -13

T9 O'MALLEY, Peter AUS 18 -12

T9 ROSE, Justin ENG 18 -12

T9 MCGINLEY, Paul IRL 13 -12

T9 GONZALEZ, Ricardo ARG 12 -12

T9 CARTER, David ENG 12 -12

T9 CEJKA, Alex GER 11 -12

T9 GREEN, Richard AUS 6 -12