Harrington out of the swing

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington shot a second-round 72 at The Players Championship today and admitted his closest advisers had intervened to rescue him from his golf swing “addiction”.

Harrington, the reigning Open and US PGA champion, has had a disappointing year on tour, missing the cut three times in 11 starts and landing a top-10 finish only once all season.