Harrington to face lengthened course for Open title defence

Padraig Harrington will try for a third successive Open Championship this July on a Turnberry course which has been lengthened by nearly 250 yards since it last staged the event 15 years ago.

Some 135 of those yards come on the final three holes. The biggest change in distance comes on the par-five 17th, the hole Nick Price eagled with a 50-foot putt as he overhauled Jesper Parnevik in 1994.