Padraig Harrington has added another scare to the European Ryder Cup hopefuls having strained his neck during a training exercise yesterday.
The Dubliner has had neck problems for some time now but revealed he is a little embarrassed by the circumstances of his latest injury.
Harrington said he felt like "a bit of an idiot" after the self-inflicted injury was caused by another practice session late in the evening after his first round on Thursday.
"I worked on the game for five or six hours on Tuesday, hitting 20 baskets of balls, and that has put too much of a strain on it," said the Dubliner, who injured the right side of his neck rather than the left which has been bothering him since the USPGA Championship.
"I feel like an idiot, coming in every day with something else wrong. After I strengthen it in the winter I'll come out next year and have a neck like a rugby player, or maybe no neck at all, just shoulders.
"I'm going to have to be very cautious. I would love to have the intention of hitting less balls but you hit less depending on your confidence in your swing at the time.
"I have to figure out a happy medium and if I have something to work on, limit myself to just working on that rather than trying to pile it all in.
When I go and see Bob Torrance I work for two and a half hours and only hit 130 balls in that space of time.
"I hit 20 baskets on Tuesday but I would never do that at home because I have to pick them up myself."
His likely playing partner Paul McGinley laughed off any injury worries over Harrington however, suggesting his World Cup winning team-mate is something of a hypochondriac.
"We have to have something wrong with him," McGinley joked. "It takes the pressure off him. He was the same playing football, he was always injured. If he's fit then we've got something to worry about."