Harrington buys 1,000 flags!

Harrington has bought 1,000 18th green flags

Open champion Padraig Harrington has revealed that he has bought 1,000 replica flags representing the 18th green at Carnoustie to commemorate his victory there last month.

He plans to sign them and use them to give to family and friends and to use them to raise money for his favourite charities.

"Zach Johnson told me he bought 500 of the 18th green flags from Augusta National when he won the US Masters earlier this year but it wasn't enough," explained Harrington, who also aims to have a couple more Claret Jug replicas made.

Harrington will be paired with Johnson and US Open champion Angel Cabrera when the US PGA Championship kicks off at Southern Hills in Tulsa Oklahoma tomorrow (Thursday), where Tiger Woods in the hottest favourite on record.

Woods won last week's WGC Bridgestone Tournament curtain-raiser in runaway style and says he's brimming with confidence about the state of his golf game.

As for Harrington, the Irishman says he needs to sharpen his mental focus for the challenge that Southern Hills presents but will be ready when he steps on to the first tee just after 7pm UK time tomorrow.

"It was a good week to have that event at Firestone," said Harrington. "[And with a limited field] it was excellent to know we were going to get four rounds of golf on a tough course. But you're not going to find any courses as hard as the one we're playing this week."

Typical of the small, tough targets expected at Southern Hills this week

First hole (start on 10th in round two)

13.30 & 18.45: Steve Flesch, Ryan Benzel, Bradley Dredge

13.40 & 18.55: Anthony Kim, Phil Schmitt, Gregory Havret

13.50 & 19.05: Richard Sterne , Micah Rudosky, Heath Slocum

14.00 & 19.15: Rocco Mediate, Sean O'Hair, Niclas Fasth

14.10 & 19.25 Jose Maria Olazabal, Fred Funk, Arron Oberholser

14.20 & 19.35: Carl Pettersson, Tim Herron, Rod Pampling

14.30 & 19.45: Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, Jonathan Byrd

14.40 & 19.55 Steve Stricker, Brett Wetterich, Mike Weir (Can)1450 & 1905: Steve Elkington, John Daly, Shaun Micheel

15:00 & 19.15: Trevor Immelman, Robert Karlsson, Tom Pernice Jr.

15.10 & 1925 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Pat Perez1520 & 19.35: Ken Duke, Peter Hanson, Brad Lardon

15.30 & 19.45: Frank Lickliter, William Amundsen, Kevin Sutherland

18.40 & 13.35: Charl Schwartzel, Erik Wolf, Bart Bryant

18.50 & 13.45 Simon Dyson, Don Yrene, Brett Quigley

19.00 & 13.55 Bubba Watson, Richard Green, Joe Ogilvie

19.10 & 14.05: Zach Johnson, Angel Cabrera, Padraig Harrington.

19.20 & 14.15: Aaron Baddeley, Ben Curtis, Andres Romero

19.30 & 14.25 Vijay Singh, Mark Brooks, Davis Love

19.40 & 14.35 Chris DiMarco, Tim Clark, Ian Poulter

19.50 & 14.45: Jeff Sluman, David Toms, Phil Mickelson

20.00 & 14.55: David Howell, Vaughn Taylor, Adam Scott

20.10 & 15.05: Toru Taniguchi, Rory Sabbatini, Justin Rose

20.20 & 15.15: Bernhard Langer, J.J. Henry, Todd Hamilton

2030 & 1525: Kevin Burton, Anders Hansen, Kenny Perry

20.40 & 15.35: Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Gaus, Stephen Leaney.

Uphill to the 9th green at Southern Hills

10th hole (start Hole 1 in round two)

13.35 & 18.40: Mark Wilson, Brian Bateman, Tim Thelen

13.45 & 18.50: Camilo Villegas, John O'Leary, Markus Brier

13.55 & 19.00: Charley Hoffman, Nick Watney, Dean Wilson

14.05 & 19.10: Boo Weekley, Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen

14.15 & 19.20: Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Geoff Ogilvy

14.25 & 19.30: Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Stewart Cink

14.35 & 19.40: Chad Campbell, Nick O'Hern, Ryan Moore

14.45 & 19.50: Bob Tway, Rich Beem, Tiger Woods

14.55 & 20.00: Hunter Mahan, Henrik Stenson, K.J. Choi

15.05 & 20.10: Charles Howell III, Lee Westwood , Shingo Katayama

15.15 & 20.20: Chip Sullivan, Corey Pavin, Denis Watson

15.25 & 20.30: Billy Mayfair, Gregory Bisconti, Soren Hansen

15.35 & 20.40: Bob McGrath, Anthony Wall, Jeff Quinney

18.45 & 13.30 Graeme Storm, Scott Hebert, Brandt Snedeker

18.55 & 13.40: Johan Edfors, Joe Durant, Kelly Mitchum

19.05 & 13.50 Jose Coceres, Matt Call, D.J. Trahan

19.15 & 14.00 Wen Chong Liang (Chn), Woody Austin, Nathan Green

19.25 & 14.10: John Senden, Troy Matteson, Thomas Bjorn

19.35 & 14.20: Mark Calcavecchia, Justin Leonard, Michael Campbell

19.45 & 14.30: Paul Casey, Stuart Appleby, Lucas Glover

19.55 & 14.40: Miguel Angel Jimenez, Scott Verplank, Robert Allenby

20.05 & 14.50: Jerry Kelly, Paul McGinley, Will MacKenzie

20.15 & 15.00 Jyoti Randhawa, Stephen Ames, Paul Goydos

20.25 & 15.10: Ryuji Imada, Matt Seitz, Eric Axley

20.35 & 15.20: Butch Sheehan, Daniel Chopra, Yong-Eun Yang

20.45 & 15.30: Nick Dougherty, Mike Small, John Rollins