Padraig Harrington

2022 - 4 - 7

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Has there ever been an Irish winner of the Masters? The closest we ... (Irish Mirror)

Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Seamus Power and Padraig Harrington are all in the field for the first major of the season at the famous venue.

While Padraig Harrington would be the oldest ever Masters winner if he was to pull off a shock at 50 years old. It is the only major McIlroy has yet to win and would be his first since 2014. Best Masters Finish: 4 (2015)

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Masters 2022: Does Padraig Harrington have any change of ... (Dublin Live)

It's the 50-year-old's fifteenth outing in total in the tournament held annually at the prestigious Augusta National Golf Course in the Southern US state.

In other words, they don’t expect him to get close. The Masters is the only one of the four majors that is held on the same course every year, having been founded at the Augusta National Golf Club in 1934. The Masters is one of the four major golf championships, and one of three in the United States, which is held in the first complete week of April each year.

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US Masters: Round 1 updates (RTE.ie)

The first major of the 2022 men's golf season gets underway in a rainy Augusta. Padraig Harrington is the first of the Irish in action, followed out by ...

An excellent par save from Harrington on the 9th after his drive had left him in the woods, buried in pine needles. He gets up and down from the front of the green to save par. Harrington has work to do on 10 after his approach trickled down the slope of the front of the green into the valley below.

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Padraig Harrington sets early pace at Augusta (BreakingNews.ie)

His presence in the field may have come as a surprise to Rory McIlroy, but Padraig Harrington made a brilliant start as the 86th Masters got under way at ...

— The Masters (@TheMasters)April 7, 2022 — The Masters (@TheMasters)April 7, 2022 The first group teed off at 0830 local time (1330BST) after Tom Watson had joined Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player in acting as an honorary starter for the first time.

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The Masters tee times: When time are Irish golfers in action? (SportsJOE.ie)

The 86th edition of the Masters Tournament tees off today at the Augusta National in Georgia. Ireland have four representatives.

The 50-year-old's return to the Masters was made possible by his tied 4th in last year’s PGA Championship. The three-time major winner looked ahead to the Masters after he finished runner-up, "I’m not going there to make up the numbers. The 32-year-old comes into the first major of 2022 ranked ninth in the world. The 35-year-old is arguably the most in-form of the Irish golfers having finished second in February’s Honda Classic. He tied for second at the Rapiscan Systems Classic earlier this month. The world number 35 can have a great weekend if he utilises his world-class short game on the Augusta golf course.

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Masters 2022: Tiger Woods opens with par as Padraig Harrington off ... (Independent.ie)

Irish tee times: Padraig Harrington - 1.41pm; Shane Lowry - 3.31pm; Seamus Power - 5.54pm; Rory McIlroy - 7.33pm.

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Padraig Harrington sets early pace at Augusta as 2022 Masters gets ... (The Independent)

Harrington qualified courtesy of his tie for fourth in last year's US PGA Championship.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The three-time major winner was among the early starters in Thursday’s first round and followed pars on the first two holes with birdies from close range on the third and fourth to set the early pace. McIlroy only realised Harrington was eligible for the year’s first major championship after they played a practice round together, Harrington having qualified courtesy of his tie for fourth in last year’s US PGA Championship.

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Pádraig Harrington taking the positives in first Masters since 2015 (Irish Examiner)

Harrington held the lead through 11 holes before back to back bogeys on 16 and 17 eventually saw him sign off with a 2-over 74.

I pushed it, and it went the wrong way, but I just wasn't committed to the line,” he said. You get out of position off the tee, and then I was out of position on the green, 3-putt.” A lot of the demons are buried at this stage,” he said, not letting his disappointment in his score Thursday get the better of him. “Besides the score, the rest of it was good. He splashed out beautifully to 3 feet but didn’t touch the hole with his par try. Between bogeys at 5 and 7, Harrington holed a 67-footer for par at the par-3 sixth.

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US Masters: Tee times, TV channel and all you need to know about ... (Dundalk Democrat)

The 86th US Masters takes place at Augusta National Golf Club this week with four Irish golfers in the field. Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington ...

Or you can email [email protected] at any time. Sky Sports subscribers can enjoy the entire week of action with build-up and all four rounds live on both the Main Event and Golf channels. The 50-year-old is 200/1 to win the 2022 Masters. McIlroy is 18/1 to win this year's competition. The 2019 Open Championship winner had his best finish in last year's Masters when he placed in tied-21st. He is currently a 66/1 to win at Augusta.

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