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Fri 10 Oct 2007Cautious approach leads to early exitGOLF:Once he had three-putted on his second visit of the day to the 16th green, Padraig Harrington removed his cap and shook his conqueror's hand. This wasn't how the British Open champion had wanted it to end, so soon and so tamely. It left an empty feeling in the pit of his stomach."There'll be a lot of soul-searching," he remarked, after losing to Denmark's Anders Hansen in the first round of the HSBC World Matchplay here yesterday.