Harrington takes 4 shot lead into Irish PGA Championship final round.

Padraig Harrington should make it 3 wins in a row in the Irish PGA Championship,having a 4 shot lead going into the final round at the European club.
After the 1st round there were 9 players under par,after the second that was down to 3,now it is down to one.Harrington is on 2 under par after a round of 16 pars and 2 bogies at the 6th and 12th.
With 51 of the top Irish Professionals playing in mild playing conditions,only senior Denis o Sullivan was the only one to match the par of 71,such was the difficulty of the heavy rough and the position of the flags.
Simon Thornton 73 is the closest to Padraig on 2 over par.
Leslie Walker was chasing the leader when he damaged his wrist in the heavy rough and had to retire.Darren McWilliams suffered the same fate.

Irish PGA Championship Leaderboard.
1st:Padraig Harrington 73 -2
2nd:Simon Thornton 73 +2
3rd: Gavin Lunny 74,Richard Kilpatrick 77 +4.
5th: John Kelly 72,Brian McElhinney 72,Glen Robertson 74 +5.