Pádraig Harrington

2022 - 6 - 30

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Exhausted Padraig Harrington still auto-pilots his way to an opening ... (Irish Examiner)

Seamus Power and Niall Kearney lead the home challenge at the Horizon Irish Open with a pair of 68s, four shots shy of leader Ryan Fox.

"I missed a couple of fairways on the back but was able to recover. I was really happy on the greens today, I hit a lot of really nice putts.” It's a balancing act, but overall it was a good day." There were times when a really good round could have broken through, but it could have gone the other way too. “I hit a lot of solid, middle-of-the-clubface shots today. I saw a putting green for the first time today, I haven’t seen a practice bunker either but I just have to put up with that this week.

Padraig Harrington after the US Open title: Something that I never ... (Tennis World)

Padraig Harrington claims his maiden senior victory, and it is also his first major title at the US Open. Steve Stricker was his opponent and it wasn't easy ...

He played great. He played great. "It's very special (to win). The reason why I am on the Champions Tour is that I want to win the big events and the Majors.

Re-energised Padraig Harrington shoots 70 after dinner table ... (Irish Mirror)

The 50-year-old got to three-under as he was roared on by the Mount Juliet crowds but stumbled as the finish line approached.

But I just have to put up with that this week." The Clara man had to take a drop and did well to scramble to ensure he avoided a double bogey, but he is still in the hunt. As he put it himself afterwards, the 35-year-old "bizarrely" bogeyed the two par 5s on his way in - the fifth and eighth holes - but responded with a superb birdie from off the green on the last to card a 68. But he had a smile on his face coming off the green having found himself in big trouble off the tee and up against a tree for his second shot. I actually fell asleep. READ MORE: How much money did Padraig Harrington win?

Padraig Harrington makes candid admission at the Irish Open (Extra.ie)

Padraig Harrington sat on an upturned plastic bucket, a bit like the one that Marcelo Bielsa used to sit on as Leeds United manager, only this one was ...

I didn't feel that energetic out there but I hit it off the middle of the club-face all day, bar one or two mental lapses. It was disappointing with the two bogeys at the end but I knew there would be patches like that. The Dubliner was so zonked on Wednesday night that he fell asleep over dinner.

Irish Open 2022: Padraig Harrington among the early starters on day ... (Independent.ie)

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Padraig Harrington putts himself in with a chance of making Irish ... (Irish Mirror)

The hugely popular Dubliner looked in massive danger of missing the weekend after double bogey three from home, but hit back on his last two holes.

However after the morning's play, Spaniard Jorge Campillo has take over at the top with a second round 68 to leave him on -11 for the tournament. The 50-year-old missed a seven-footer for bogey and that left him on one-over par for his round, and two-under for the tournament. Harrington had no shot when his approach flew over the back of the green and up against a tree, and he was forced to take a drop.