Record prize will not sway Harrington

Record prize money of nearly £2.5m (€3.48m) has not changed Padraig Harrington’s mind about missing the Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth in two weeks’ time.

Harrington, who resumed the Benson and Hedges International Open at The Belfry today one behind Bridgwater’s David Dixon, will be taking the week off when most of the European Tour’s biggest names compete for a winner’s cheque of over £400,000 (€557,590).