PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON plans to add a European Tour event to his schedule before next month’s Ryder Cup after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.

The Irishman’s FedExCup campaign almost certainly ended when he missed the cut by one stroke after carding a second-round 68 for 142, level par.

Barring an unlikely set of circumstances Harrington will not advance to the third event of the play-off series, next week’s BMW Championship outside Chicago.

“I’ll definitely play before now and the Ryder Cup,” he said. “What are the three (European tournaments)? I don’t even know, I’ll have to have a look.

“As much as I’d like a break, and a break wouldn’t do me any harm, I still want to be competitive going into the Ryder Cup. You can’t get the sort of competition you want unless you’re on a golf course in tournament play.”

The three European Tour events before the Ryder Cup are the Dutch Open, Austrian Open and Vivendi Cup in Paris.

Triple major champion Harrington is, along with Italian Edoardo Molinari and Briton Luke Donald, a wild card pick for the European team that will meet the US holders at Celtic Manor in Wales from October 1st-3rd.

The 39-year-old has not won a tournament since 2008 but said his form was better than recent scores indicated.

“The game’s fine and solid,” said Harrington. “I’m just not letting it happen.”

England’s Luke Donald was five shots off the lead midway through his third round. The 32-year-old, who was two strokes adrift of 36-hole leaders Brandt Snedeker and Jason Day at the start of day three, was level par after nine holes to remain on 10 under while Australian Day picked up three shots on his first seven holes to extend his advantage.

Donald had stayed in touch with a birdie on six but slipped back with a bogey on the par-four ninth.

Tiger Woods, added to a first bogey-free round since returning to golf with a 69 to lie joint 25th on seven under – one shot ahead of playing partner Ernie Els (70).