Harrington leads from the front

It was necessary to walk just two holes with Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik today to realise that it was going to be a final round full of drama at the Players Championship in Florida.

In pouring rain and a strengthening wind, Faldo opened by sinking a birdie putt measured at 102 feet, then hit a tree 100 yards in front of him off the next tee when his grip slipped as he swung. The hole cost him a bogey six.