Harrington tied for lead in Munich

Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazabal today became near-certainties to be part of the European team going for a record third successive Ryder Cup victory in less than three weeks’ time.

The Dubliner and the Spaniard left their fate in other people’s hands this weekend – McGinley by missing the halfway cut in the BMW International in Munich, Olazabal by controversially missing the event to go quail-hunting.