Post-Covid Padraig Harrington cautious about Riviera return

'Clearly, I am not prepared but it’s not like I can go home'

Padraig Harrington is returning to action on Thursday after contracting Covid-19. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

At the best of times, it’s one of the most intimidating holes on the PGA tour, and the draw for Thursday's opening round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera in Los Angeles means Padraig Harrington will come face to face with a “nightmare” sooner than he’d like.

Ryder Cup skipper Harrington will tee it up in LA after completing his mandatory 10-day quarantine for Covid-19 but admitted tonight, he will do so somewhat unprepared – not least for Riviera’s notorious 480-yard par four No 12.