Harrington finished 14 shots behind the halfway-stage leaders, Ireland's Gary Murphy and Swede Niclas Fasth.

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England's David Howell and Luke Donald shot a 63 to share second with Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Niclas Fasth.

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Argentine Andres Romero, who led the Open before finishing double-bogey, bogey, led Swede Niclas Fasth by two after 32 holes.

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Jaidee, the first Thai player to win a European Tour event, carded six birdies and an eagle, with last week's winner Niclas Fasth one of five at five under.

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Sam will need to base his team around the experience and brilliance of Bernhard Langer, the reliability of Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke and the youth of Sergio Garcia and Niclas Fasth.

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The cut fell at four under par and excluded, among others, Nick Dougherty and last week's winner Niclas Fasth, who missed out by one after a double bogey seven on the 17th.

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