Padraig Harrington

The 50-year-old Irishman is one shot clear of his rival Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker after shooting a second round 65.

Especially with speed work, you're not hitting the middle of the club face, yeah. I knew Thursday's bad side of the draw didn't make any difference. I carry a few injuries, and you just have to mind yourself. "But I do a lot of driver work, a lot of speed work. I don't hit as many balls now because of it. On the driver, Harrington explained: "I just hit a lot of drivers, and they eventually crack.

The former Ryder Cup captain posted a six-under-par 65 to lead the US Senior Open Championship by a shot from Steve Stricker at Saucon Valley Country Club.

But I do a lot of driver work, a lot of speed work. The only concern for Harrington was his driver cracking while on the range. That stalled his round, and then he made up for it at the end. “I knew this was a big advantage to me starting the week, both length-wise and being able to play from the rough if I am in the rough.” It was the first time in 65 senior majors that Langer failed to qualify for the weekend. The 64-year-old Langer needed a birdie on his final hole to have any chance of making the cut.

The pair were opposing Ryder Cup captains at Whistling Straits last year and will be paired together in the final group at Saucon Valley. Harrington birdied ...

This is a big golf course, well set up. “Certainly this is a real strong test. “This is way, way tougher than our regular Champions Tour events.

Padraig Harrington has taken the solo lead of the US Senior Open as he look to make his first win on the PGA Tour Champions a major one.

This is a big golf course, well set up. 'Certainly this is a real strong test. I know it’s gotten a little soft, so the scoring is better because of that.

Harrington reached both par 5s in two, hitting 5-wood to 7 feet on the 608-yard 12th hole at Saucon Valley, and his 5-under 66 enabled him to open a five-shot ...

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BETHLEHEM, Penn. – Different flavor of major. Different continent. Different stage of his life.

Different stage of his life. A couple players quit, it was so bad, the moans and groans could be heard clear up to R&A headquarters in another country and yet Harrington with his opening 74 smiled. Different flavor of major. Fast forward to Saucon Valley, 2022, and Harrington played in steady rain in Round 1 Thursday, shot level-par 71, and was T-12, four back. Indeed, he has, but there’s one guy who in pursuit of Harrington who seemingly has more ways to win. The 5-under 66 had plenty of highlights, but Harrington is as deep a thinker as you’ll find in pro golf, so after indicating “that I’m not really sure what to think,” he rattled off some thoughts when pressed about the chase for his first PGA TOUR Champions victory in his ninth start. Harrington shrugged, nodded his head, then added: “I could play average and someone will have to come at me. “Wherever the chips fall, they fall. No argument there, but what he did at Saucon Valley’s 12th hole encapsulates why he is at 11-under 202 and leading by five going into Sunday’s final round. Or I could play badly and I’ll still have a chance. That’s the important thing.” BETHLEHEM, Penn. – Different flavor of major.

The Dubliner is in a great position to finish the tournament as the champion.

“[But] with a five-shot lead, I’ve given myself plenty of options to win this tournament. Or I could play badly and I’ll still have a chance. “I could play average and someone will have to come at me.

The Dubliner fired a third round 66 to hold a five-shot lead over his nearest challengers going into the final round of the US Senior Open.

"Yeah, I suppose this is why I've come out on the Champions Tour. I'm sure I'll have a chance coming down the stretch to turn things around if I'm not having a good day. "I could play good tomorrow and have a nice comfortable day. I could play average tomorrow, and someone will have to come at me. A solid up and down on the par-three 17th left left him with the final hole to negotiate. The Stackstown man made his first bogey in 42 holes on the par-four 15th, when his attempt to drive the green saw him find a poor lie in the left rough and he found a greenside bunker with his second shot.

He was at 12-under 201, five shots clear of former U.S. Senior Open champion Gene Sauers, who birdied the last two holes for a 68; and PGA Tour Champions rookie ...

“He’s got a lot of length out here,” Els said of Harrington. “He’s got a lot of length out here. “And just some sloppy play at times,” he said. It was a two-shot swing when Harrington two-putted or birdie, for a four-shot margin. he came up short of the green and made bogey. Or I could play badly tomorrow, and I’ll still have a chance. The three-time major winner on the regular tour now knows what it’s like to overpower a golf course.