Familiarity breeds confidence for Irish pair

Ireland will have ‘home’ advantage for this week’s World Cup in Barbados as they seek to lift the trophy for the first time since 1997.

Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley have been playing at the Sandy Lane Resort since it opened and therefore have the inside track for the £2.1m (€3.1m) 24-team event which gets under way tomorrow.