Just when Padraig Harrington thought that there was no end to the bad news, his first round rival in tomorrow’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship revealed that he is mentally and physically exhausted after a six-week road trip.

Temperamental Pat Perez, the 32-year old who finally made headlines for the right reasons when he broke his PGA Tour duck in last month’s Bob Hope Classic, won’t turn up at the Ritz-Carlton GC at Dove Mountain until Tuesday.