Irish Open Diary: No whingeing about the wind from Down visitors

Padraig Harrington feels Royal County Down visitors are content to embrace something different

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy stands on the 18th green after shooting -3 on day 1 to sit in a tie for 4th place

Padraig Harrington had sympathy for Belgian playing partner Thomas Detry as the wind got up at Royal County Down early in the first round.

Harrington, playing his 29th consecutive Irish Open, is naturally comfortable with his homelands temperamental climate.