Harrington misses cut number five

Padraig Harrington’s nightmare run of missed cuts went to five in Paris today - just as many as Tiger Woods has failed to make in his entire 13-year professional career.

With his Open hat-trick bid less than two weeks away, Harrington’s fate was effectively sealed when he drove out of bounds and ran up a triple-bogey eight at the 14th hole of his second round in the French Open Alstom at Le Golf National.

The Dubliner, who finished with a 75 for five over par, freely conceded on Wednesday that he was running out of time to get his game in good enough shape to triumph again at Turnberry.

Now he has only next week’s Irish PGA championship to find a bit of competitive confidence before heading to Scotland.