IRELAND’S PADRAIG HARRINGTON is in a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard at the TimberTech Championship on the PGA Champions Tour.

Harrington shot an opening round 67 at a blustery Boca Raton, Florida.

Four-under overall, the Dubliner shares the lead with USA duo Shane Bertsch and David Toms, and KJ Choi of South Korea. 

A double bogey on the third was the only blot on Harrington’s card, as he birdied on the first, second, fourth, sixth, 11th and 16th.

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“I kept my head down out there in the wi and,” he said afterwards, as quoted by Irish Golfer.

“It was fairly tough. There were a lot of real tough shots. At times I felt like I was playing well but at other times you just had to work it down and do the best you could, work out some way and make a par on the hole.

“I’m well used to windy weather. You need a little momentum on a bad day like today, so it was nice.”

Darren Clarke, meanwhile, struggled to a four-over 75.

— Updated 07.57: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that KJ Choi is from Japan; he is from South Korea.