Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

BoardsMember

I stand corrected on the fedex points. My app was telling me he finished on 130 this morning. Hopefully he improves through the next month/6 weeks and gets some form back.

murphdogg11

Another shocking week for PH. Missed the cut by a long way. Now down to number 83 in the world rankings. New coach doesn't appear to be having any positive impact.

Martin567

murphdogg11 wrote: »

Another shocking week for PH. Missed the cut by a long way. Now down to number 83 in the world rankings. New coach doesn't appear to be having any positive impact.

Poor week just gone by, no doubt. He seemed to hit a lot of greens in regulation but again holed very little. Perhaps his approaches were poor? I read where he said that in his previous event (where he finished 8th), he missed 21 putts from 15ft or less over the 72 holes.

As regards Pete Cowen, PH was around 40 under par combined for the three events before Singapore. Did you comment after those events as well?

Aidric

I see he is down to play the Johor open in 2 weeks. As defending champion I think he'll need to repeat the trick or at least a top 3 to try and salvage something out of this year.

On current form that looks a forlorn hope.

conno16

is harro in line to captain the ryder cup team anytime soon?
this is the extent of his future career ambition to be fair

PRAF

Keep the faith guys, he is too talented and works too hard for this slump to continue forever.

The new coach seems to have improved his long game. Just needs to sharpen up the short game and get hot with the putter again.

IMO he needs to get a bit looser, a bit more free flowing with his game. He looks very mechanical, too mechanical, over his putts.

Probably just needs to get lucky one week to boost his confidence and we'll see him safely inside the world top 50 again soon.

conno16

harro and mcginley couldnt keep it going forever shure
they set the scene for the likes of mcgrane, lowry, grant, murphy et al
and the nordie blokes (gmac, rors, clarkie, etc) prob even took notice

JerryHandbag

conno16 wrote: »

is harro in line to captain the ryder cup team anytime soon?
this is the extent of his future career ambition to be fair

2018 perhaps, as Bjorn & Clarke would be likely captains after Olazabal.

Jul3s

murphdogg11 wrote: »

Another shocking week for PH. Missed the cut by a long way. Now down to number 83 in the world rankings. New coach doesn't appear to be having any positive impact.

QFT
Confirmed career is over.

murphdogg11

Excellent opening round 64 in Johor Open today.

ssbob

murphdogg11 wrote: »

Excellent opening round 64 in Johor Open today.

Which included 2*3putts which is uncahracteristic for Padraig, hopefulyl he puts in a good showing, a top 5 would be a massive achievement considering his season.

deko43

ssbob wrote: »

Which included 2*3putts which is uncahracteristic for Padraig, hopefulyl he puts in a good showing, a top 5 would be a massive achievement considering his season.

Also included a bogey on 17 and did not birdie par 5 18th .
Hopefully he will prove us all wrong and get a win on Sunday.

ssbob

deko43 wrote: »

Also included a bogey on 17 and did not birdie par 5 18th .
Hopefully he will prove us all wrong and get a win on Sunday.

Those 2 holes were his 3 putt holes so otherwise a faultless round!

Speak Now

Will need a top 2 finish to get into top 60 in race to Dubai.

conno16

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Will need a top 2 finish to get into top 60 in race to Dubai.

impossible
doesnt have the game for that type of finish

headmaster

Oh ye of little faith, there's a major or 2 left in Harrington. I see Ireland and the begrudgers are still alive and well.

Speak Now

conno16 wrote: »

impossible
doesnt have the game for that type of finish

Lowry must be having a decent season........

Aidric

Putting up a good defense of his title. Two shots off the lead having played one but play has been suspended till tomorrow. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.

abouttobebanned

Aidric wrote: »

Putting up a good defense of his title. Two shots off the lead having played one but play has been suspended till tomorrow. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.

He's on the par 5 now but sprayed his drive out to the left and played a provisional. Every chance he could be 3 behind as soon as they start...but you're right...a good defence.

patwicklow

Got to know him well were i worked and is a sound guy.

PRAF

Good man Paddy, t-3 is his best result this season. Still time to get a W before the season is out

rafared

conno16 wrote: »

impossible
doesnt have the game for that type of finish

You never miss an oppertunity to stick the knife into Paddy do you Conno?
Fact is an Irishman who has won 3 majors, tons of cash and respect up and down this country is put down by you on a regular basis while at the same time you "Big up" that Cockney wide boy Poulter. You should be ashamed of yourself.
No doubt he as struggled lately but we all should admire his grit and determination. Maybe hes not as talented as some but give the man, and Irish man at that, some respect.

ssbob

ssbob wrote: »

Which included 2*3putts which is uncahracteristic for Padraig, hopefulyl he puts in a good showing, a top 5 would be a massive achievement considering his season.

As I said earlier a top 5 would be a massive achievement, although how many more tournaments is he playing before Dubai World Championship? He is still languishing in 65th spot about €50k behind 60th.................

Speak Now

ssbob wrote: »

As I said earlier a top 5 would be a massive achievement, although how many more tournaments is he playing before Dubai World Championship? He is still languishing in 65th spot about €50k behind 60th.................

Only Hong Kong left before Dubai.

acejeff

headmaster wrote: »

Oh ye of little faith, there's a major or 2 left in Harrington. I see Ireland and the begrudgers are still alive and well.

I agree completely. His swing looks much better in recent months, much more under control. If he can get himself in contention there are few better equipped to finish it off, as he has proven in the past, can handle the pressure cooker of majors and when he gets the putter rolling he is clinical. I think he'll win another Open.

Aidric

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Only Hong Kong left before Dubai.

Tasty field assembled for this event. Harrington is going to need a top placing to get in to the top 60 on the R2D.

Peter Lawrie, currently ranked 59th, is going to be trying to hold on to his top 60 place.

Damien McGrane, currently ranked 112th, will be trying to secure his card for next season.

murphdogg11

Top 5 finish to qualify for Dubai! Now that was some joke. Padraig finished in 51st position at +4. This was a truely woeful effort. His game must be in rag order if this he the best he could do when fully motivated to try to make it to Dubai.

deko43

Stackstown will be a shoo in for the Barton next year with PH back in the team...

PRAF

The only positive thing I can say (without having seen him hit any shots in Hong Kong) is that his long game stats looked quite good:
- 60% of fairways hit
- 70% of greens in regulation

That's not too shabby for Harrington.

He just hasn't been able to put a week together when all parts of his game were on song. Most of the time, his long game let him down with too many out of bounds drives or poor iron play. However, when he got that right, his short game tended to suffer (only 50% scrambling for PH is very, very poor).

Also, his putting seems to have deserted him a little. The only thing stopping Paddy getting his top-5 finish was if he could have holed 2 extra 15-30 footers per round. He is holing nothing in that range. Nothing.

hawkelady

deko43 wrote: »

Stackstown will be a shoo in for the Barton next year with PH back in the team...

That's if he is picked for the Barton team!!!!