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Tue 06 Jun 2007Harrington expects severe test"Fore!" Padraig Harrington's first action from the bunker in the short game practice area at Oakmont Country Club yesterday was to blade a shot over the green, narrowly missing the lone figure standing ankle deep in rough on the far side who had been practising a rescue shot that likely will be commonplace in this 107th US Open. His second action was to yell out a warning, and then to raise his hand in apology.Welcome to Oakmont. Welcome to what could be the toughest major championship.