Harrington makes late push for Ryder Cup spot

Ireland's three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington starts the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada tomorrow hoping victory could set him on a late run for a Ryder Cup place.

He will be encouraged by the absence of the defending champion, home favourite Scott Piercy, who has switched from Reno to the lucrative World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, after qualifying through his one-shot victory in the recent Canadian Open.