Olazabal denies any ill feeling towards Harrington

European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal continues to be embroiled in controversy concerning his relationship with triple Major winning Padraig Harrington. On Thursday, Olazabal commented on Harrington's leading score of 64 on day one of the PGA Tour's Barclays Championship saying that Harrington still needed to "at least win" to even be considered for a 'wildcard' pick. However no sooner had the Spaniard signed his card on day two at Gleneagles and Olazabal again found himself having to deal with questions concerning Harrington's chances of playing in a seventh straight Ryder Cup. "If you look at the list, Harrington is well back on the list and not closer than other players, so he certainly needs a win or a top finish to make the team," said Olazabal. "He's not any different to Sergio (Garcia) is he? "So, I don't know what this is all about. He's an experienced player but at the moment he is not able to deliver, period. And it's simple as that." And Olazabal denied there were any lingering bad feelings between him and Harrington following an incident at the 2003 Seve Trophy in Valencia when Harrington questioned Olazabal's actions in repairing pitch marks. Olazabal was so incensed at the time he conceded the hole to Harrington before the match was eventually halved. "If people believe that is interfering with my judgement then first of all they are completely wrong," said Olazabal. "If that was the case I would failing as a captain. "So to put it gently that's a lot of BS." Olazabal was speaking after recording a second round 69 for a three over par that could see him very well miss the halfway cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. While Olazabal contemplates the weekend off to further consider his two 'wildcard' picks and fourth vice-captain, England's Mark Foster set about ending a nine-year winless drought. Foster birdied four holes in succession mid-round in a second four under par 68 to move to eight under par and put himself in position to win for a first time since capturing the 2003 Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Scotland's Paul Lawrie (69) and Australia's Brett Rumford (70) share third place as the afternoon half of the field took to the continued rain-affected course.