Harrington: Hit and miss

Harrington, who started his campaign with a four-under 68, endured a day of mixed fortunes; one in which he fired five birdies, an eagle, two bogeys and a double bogey. The 38 year old ended the day on a three-under 69 that took his Round Two-total to 137, where he finds himself alongside Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy, Ross McGowan, Louis Oosthuizen, Camilo Villegas and overnight leader Robert Allenby.

Very little matters

"Yeah, very little matters, but it would have been nice [not to have double-bogeyed the 18th]," the three-time major winner said. "I didn't even know I was leading the tournament. If I was leading, I'd probably be thinking, ‘Well, nine-under-par, go out and shoot a good one [today] and you might win the tournament'. So, it might make a difference in terms of if I shoot a 64 today.

"But assuming that I'm going to play kind of like I played the first few days, it probably makes no difference. It's probably going to come down to the guy who plays the last couple of holes well on Sunday afternoon."

Harrington dropped the ball into the water hazard on the 18th twice yesterday. But he wasn't the only one to have double-bogeyed the hole. It all started with South African Ernie Els dropping two shots on the final hole. Els was followed by David Drysdale, Johan Edfors, Chris Wood and lastly Harrington, who feels the championship will be won on the deciding 18th.

"I think they have got it right here this week. The golf course gives us some opportunities. You have some very testing holes; it's a testing finish. So you are going to see guys being able to shoot low scores, and then guys who are leading the tournament not find that as easy. I think you'll see that.

"You've seen the bunching at the moment, but it may spread out a little bit. As I said one of the leaders is going to shoot a good one; let's hope it's me and maybe they can put a little bit of distance between themselves and the pack.