Pain in the neck doesn't slow Harrington down

Padraig Harrington is on course for a first victory in two years after carding a four-under-par 68 today to open up a five-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Iskandar Johor Open.

Harrington, who has not won a tournament since the 2008 US PGA Championship, played the whole of the third round with a neck injury after tweaking a muscle during his warm up but showed no ill effects as he fired five birdies against just one bogey at the Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club.