Harrington falls victim to Pinehurst

Phil Mickelson slumped to his worst US Open round in over a decade at Pinehurst today as golf’s toughest event took its toll again.

While Mickelson fell away with a 77 – no mean effort after he went to the turn in 41 – Colin Montgomerie could do only two shots better than that and Padraig Harrington headed out of the event when he could improve only three strokes on his opening 77.