Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

abff · 07-12-2014 9:41am

From where he was overnight, he should have won it at a canter. But in some ways, what he did today was more satisfying. He proved that he could dig deep when the chips were down and eventually it was his opponent who cracked.

Well done Padraig! Great way to end the year.

gladrags · 07-12-2014 9:45am

Fantastic,well done Paddy

Speak Now · 07-12-2014 9:47am

Phew when he went from 6 ahead to 2 behind in the space of 9 holes I feared the worst. Very steady after that thankfully!!! Should jump him back upto about 260 in OWGR from 385.

LuckyGent88 · 07-12-2014 9:51am

Aboy paddy. Needed that performance big time. Onwards and upwards.

JohnnyLocke · 07-12-2014 9:54am

He didn't exactly play cool and steady as the scorecard indicates. Missed a good birdie chance on 16, got extremely lucky with his second shot to 17 that hit a tree and came back safely. Then chipped to 10 feet and in fairness made a great putt. On 18 he drove it into the hazard. The other guy hit an ok drive and hit his second (before harro) into the water! Harro took his penalty drop and hit an unbelievable 3rd to ten feet again, then the other guy made a mess of his next leaving harro with two putts to win and only needed one! Great win and great to see him hole two 10 footers and cap off a great week where he putted superbly!

abff · 07-12-2014 10:09am

JohnnyLocke wrote: »

He didn't exactly play cool and steady as the scorecard indicates. Missed a good birdie chance on 16, got extremely lucky with his second shot to 17 that hit a tree and came back safely. Then chipped to 10 feet and in fairness made a great putt. On 18 he drove it into the hazard. The other guy hit an ok drive and hit his second (before harro) into the water! Harro took his penalty drop and hit an unbelievable 3rd to ten feet again, then the other guy made a mess of his next leaving harro with two putts to win and only needed one! Great win and great to see him hole two 10 footers and cap off a great week where he putted superbly!

How you manage to see all that?

galwaylad14 · 07-12-2014 10:11am

Fair play to him, poor enough field but it still takes good golf to come out on top in any tour event.

Will this do anything for his world ranking? Or is the quality of the field not good enough for that?

Speak Now · 07-12-2014 10:14am

Thanks for that Johnny

Speak Now · 07-12-2014 10:15am

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Fair play to him, poor enough field but it still takes good golf to come out on top in any tour event.

Will this do anything for his world ranking? Or is the quality of the field not good enough for that?

Should jump him up about 125 places.

Mountjoy Mugger · 07-12-2014 10:19am

JohnnyLocke wrote: »

He didn't exactly play cool and steady as the scorecard indicates. Missed a good birdie chance on 16, got extremely lucky with his second shot to 17 that hit a tree and came back safely. Then chipped to 10 feet and in fairness made a great putt. On 18 he drove it into the hazard. The other guy hit an ok drive and hit his second (before harro) into the water! Harro took his penalty drop and hit an unbelievable 3rd to ten feet again, then the other guy made a mess of his next leaving harro with two putts to win and only needed one! Great win and great to see him hole two 10 footers and cap off a great week where he putted superbly!

In fairness, Harrington has always depended on the recovery aspect of the game - it was how he won his first PGA event against Veejay Singh in a play-off, It's good to see he can still call on it now and again.

Absolutely fookin' delighted for him.

vienne86 · 07-12-2014 10:19am

Only just read back over these posts now - great to read how it went and brilliant news. A win! And had to scramble back after dropping some shots, so kept the head. This is one of the best things I have read on this forum for a long time. I am so so please for Harrington, and I hope it gives him the confidence to move up the rankings again.

JohnnyLocke · 07-12-2014 10:21am

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Thanks for that Johnny

I tweeted the Asian tour for play by play updates! Haha

JohnnyLocke · 07-12-2014 10:22am

abff wrote: »

How you manage to see all that?

Tweeted the Asian tour for play by play updates!

Rikand · 07-12-2014 10:23am

Form is temporary.

Class is permanent!

Never doubted ya for a second harro! Just knew you needed to be away from the PGA tour!

JohnnyLocke · 07-12-2014 10:26am

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Fair play to him, poor enough field but it still takes good golf to come out on top in any tour event.

Exactly! It's incredibly tough to win any tour event. Great early Xmas present for him. (AND US) haha

slave1 · 07-12-2014 10:30am

What a thread to read first thing, fupping ecstatic, so happy for P

First Up · 07-12-2014 10:34am

slave1 wrote: »

What a thread to read first thing, fupping ecstatic, so happy for P

Its great to see him win but don't get too carried away lads. That was a Challenge Tour field at best.

neckedit · 07-12-2014 10:40am

First Up wrote:

Its great to see him win but don't get too carried away lads. That was a Challenge Tour field at best.

ah please don't start this.....These guys can all play. Because we don't know of them shouldn't lessen the victory. its a bit of a clichÃ© to say but......you can only beat what in front of ya.

First Up · 07-12-2014 10:48am

neckedit wrote: »

ah please don't start this.....These guys can all play. Because we don't know of them shouldn't lessen the victory. its a bit of a clichÃ© to say but......you can only beat what in front of ya.

True, but look at the rankings and he didn't exactly close it out in style. I'm happy for him but its a long way from Sun City or Isleworth.
Just don't read too much into it.

Dayor Knight · 07-12-2014 10:48am

Delighted to wake up to this news. Well done, Padraig. We're always rooting for you here. Let's hope it's just a start on the way back up.

vienne86 · 07-12-2014 10:52am

First Up wrote: »

Its great to see him win but don't get too carried away lads. That was a Challenge Tour field at best.

We discussed that yesterday! It's just great that he got in some great rounds of golf and when he was caught in the final round, he pulled out some good play to win - that's what he used to do so well and it is great to see him do it again.

neckedit · 07-12-2014 10:54am

First Up wrote:

True, but look at the rankings and he didn't exactly close it out in style. I'm happy for him but its a long way from Sun City or Isleworth. Just don't read too much into it.

im reading absolutely nothing into First Up.....exactly nothing. And that means not directing the field, not thinking its only An Asian event. Just really enjoyng the fact that he gets the Win pure and simple. I'm off to have a celebratory sausage sambo in his honour......breakfast of champions.
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slave1 · 07-12-2014 11:06am

Winner is all that matters, you still can't write comments on a scorecard last time I checked, $135,000

vienne86 · 07-12-2014 11:09am

slave1 wrote: »

Winner is all that matters, you still can't write comments on a scorecard last time I checked, $135,000

Tks for the phots Slave.....loving this!

grip n rip · 07-12-2014 11:10am

Absolutely chuffed for Padraig

Old diesel · 07-12-2014 11:13am

neckedit wrote: »

im reading absolutely nothing into First Up.....exactly nothing. And that means not directing the field, not thinking its only An Asian event. Just really enjoyng the fact that he gets the Win pure and simple. I'm off to have a celebratory sausage sambo in his honour......breakfast of champions.
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Personally it his score im loving - 16 under - suggests good golf that.

What it shows is that he still has some potential ability.

Its also great that he fought back after a poor start to his final round - that in a way is better for HIM* then simply winning at a canter

*not so good for those wanting him to win - but HE DID IT

Mr.Prodston · 07-12-2014 12:05pm

Just reading the last page or two since last night and it was a classic page turner from Paddy

He leads. He drops a shot. Then another. Loses the lead. I get worried, almost scared to read the next post. He fights back. 1 off the lead. Play suspended. He's level. He's only gone and ruddy won the thing. Adulation resumes.

Great start to the morning

First Up · 07-12-2014 12:14pm

vienne86 wrote: »

We discussed that yesterday! It's just great that he got in some great rounds of golf and when he was caught in the final round, he pulled out some good play to win - that's what he used to do so well and it is great to see him do it again.

It was Khrongpha going in the water at 18 that won it for him. By his own admission, his play today was pretty ropey .

Montgolfier · 07-12-2014 12:29pm

First Up wrote: »

It was Khrongpha going in the water at 18 that won it for him. By his own admission, his play today was pretty ropey .

Going book his talk for the 20th January

SSK · 07-12-2014 12:52pm

It was on live on TV over here so got to see most of it. He played pretty well for most of the day, his approach play in particular was excellent and he seems a lot more confident over putts than he has of late, although not a lot dropped for him.

As Johnny said, he played 17 and 18 very nervously but he got a huge break when the other lad inexplicably hit his approach into the water on 18. I'm not sure whether Harrington was going to take a drop initially but obviously did so once that happened. In fairness his approach was a beauty and it was great for him to hole the putt then, even if he didn't need to.

Hopefully it's a huge confidence boost for him and can give him some momentum going into the new year.

Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

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