Open, defending his Alfred Dunhill Links title at Carnoustie. The Dubliner says he feels good, having recuperated from neck and back problems and recovered from fatigue, but reckons his game has suffered since winning the Open, because of the demands now placed on him. He's won this event twice, and feels it's an excellent first event back.
a field of 168 professionals have each been paired with an amateur, and Harrington is playing with businessman J.P. McManus.
He starts at Carnoustie today, moves to the Old Course at St Andrews on Friday, plays Kingsbarns on Saturday...
and if he's made the cut he joins everyone else back for a final round at St Andrews. Sixty pros make the cut to play on Sunday, along with 20 amateurs. The amateurs include: Bill Murray, Hugh Grant, Samuel L Jackson, Dan Quayle, Dennis Hopper, Ronan Keating, Johan Cruyff, Bobby Charlton, and Boris Becker.