Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

FixdePitchmark

Ruu wrote: »

-16 overall, rolled in a birdie on 14. Tie for 5th. Par 5 next!

Great stuff.

But would have serious doubts about this as a meaningful event.

There is little or no rough, the guys look like 30 under is on.

Typically Padraig is 1/2 the winning score on a good week.

The field is very very small. He wouldn't be top 20 in a normal event with that ratio.

Ruu

Laying the groundwork!

Birdie on 15.

FixdePitchmark

Ruu wrote: »

Laying the groundwork!

Birdie on 15.

Is great stuff,

mrkiscool2

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Great stuff.

But would have serious doubts about this as a meaningful event.

There is little or no rough, the guys look like 30 under is on.

Typically Padraig is 1/2 the winning score on a good week.

The field is very very small. He wouldn't be top 20 in a normal event with that ratio.

Yeah, it's a small event, but it's also an event full of people who won events last year and are consistently getting top 20s and top 10s. Also, he is 5 shots back on 2nd place, Spieth is just having a great week. I don't think it's a sign he is still the way he was, or that he has improved drastically, but things do seem to be coming together for him and hopefully he is contending more this year.

FixdePitchmark

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Yeah, it's a small event, but it's also an event full of people who won events last year and are consistently getting top 20s and top 10s. Also, he is 5 shots back on 2nd place, Spieth is just having a great week. I don't think it's a sign he is still the way he was, or that he has improved drastically, but things do seem to be coming together for him and hopefully he is contending more this year.

I think that is a fair assessment.

Padraig didn't or never will compete at these birdie shoots.

But a great sign , in the lower (higher) scoring, harder events he will be up there.

The important thing is Padraig said , he felt he found something or "seen something" that was a sign for him.

Ruu

Finished with 3 pars. -17 overall and currently in a tie for 6th.

Speak Now

Back up to 120th in OWGR.

vienne86

Didn't get to to see much of this event, but I liked what I saw from Padraig. Maybe the bit of enforced time off has helped, but whatever it is, it seems to be a big improvement.

loadwire

Even with the caveats about the course and small field, it's very positive that he was consistent over the four rounds and also no major putting disasters that I noticed.

charlieIRL

No bogies in the last round and only 5 over the weekend. I'd take that.

A New earth

Well done Padraig, finished well ahead of a lot of good players. $202k prize money nice too.

slave1

charlieIRL wrote: »

No bogies in the last round and only 5 over the weekend. I'd take that.

I'd take only 5 bogeys in a single round, never mind 4

Dayor Knight

That's a very promising start to the year for Padraig, no matter what way you look at it. I'd look at the five who were ahead of him. That's where he needs to be - competing.

Come on Padraig, more to enjoy in 2016!

BigChap1759

Was watching the film of last years British Masters at Woburn last night and Padraig was involved in the master class at the end of one of the days play - a question from the crowd was how often did he change his wedges and his answer was every 3 weeks!! :eek:

Dealerz

BigChap1759 wrote: »

Was watching the film of last years British Masters at Woburn last night and Padraig was involved in the master class at the end of one of the days play - a question from the crowd was how often did he change his wedges and his answer was every 3 weeks!! :eek:

Too embarrassed to ask the brother in law to clean the grooves?

HighLine

Here is his review of the tournament. Always happy to hear him say he is doing less practicing. https://www.facebook.com/Padraig-Harrington-87293726048/?fref=nf

Tour Diary - Hyundai Tournament of Champions - Review
PADRAIG HARRINGTON·TUESDAY, 12 JANUARY 2016

As an opening event of the season, I have to say that the Hyundai Tournament of Champions was right up there. A small field, great weather and an all-round great place to be - add in playing well, and I have to say that it's hard to beat. I finished in a tie for sixth, 13 shots behind Jordan, which I was happy with as my first week back. Coming over here I wasn't sure what to expect as I had been off for nine weeks and in that time I had done the least amount of practice and play of my life.

I shot rounds of 70, 68, 70 and 67 for a total of 17 under. I was happy with how I played during the week but there were no days when I came off the course not thinking that I could have been a number of shots better. The first day was the best I played but didn't hole the chances that I gave myself. I hit the ball very well and quite close, giving me a great chance to shot a very low score. It wasn't that I putted badly, in fact I felt very good over my putts. In the second round I didn't hit the ball as well as the first, but I made a few more putts. It wasn't that I played poorly, just that in the first round I hit the ball very well. Even though I shot five under I still felt that I should have been better. My weekend was very similar in terms of my play, both days I hit the ball well and gave myself plenty of chances. It was nice to shoot my lowest round of the week in the final round and to move up the leaderboard.

This was my best finish since my win at the Honda last year, so to do so in my first week out was very enjoyable. I am happy to see that my game is still in good shape and that the work that I did at the end of the last year has stuck with me. I'm coming away from the week feeling good about my game and with very little to work on. I did very little practice during the week other than wedge play and I don't see any need to do much more next week as there was nothing in how I hit the ball that was making me go to the range to practice. In actual fact it was the opposite. I struck the ball very well all week and felt good, which was the main thing. My putting also felt good, even if I could have holed more. But the most important thing is that I holed out well and felt confident over my putts.

All in all it was a very good week. If you took Jordan out of the tournament then it would have been a really good event! He made us all look very average – 30 under par was super scoring!
That said I am very happy with how my opening week went and am excited about next week and the season ahead.
Talk soon,
Padraig.

benny79

Yeah but so would you if you got them for nothing and it was your job. Dont forget big money at stake.

P.s No wonder us mere mortals cant get back spin on the ball

Seve OB

I was surprised to see he was just inside the top 50 golf earners of 2015.

Speak Now

Majority of golf earnings is off course now isn't it. Being a multiple major winner is a licence to print money. I see he's signed a new contract with Wilson.

sword1

In the rough with his first shot, hopefully not too bad

abff

If we're to believe shot tracker, he missed a 2' 2" putt for par on the first. Yikes!

FixdePitchmark

I've a good feeling about this week , looking at scoring (so far)

Edit.

Maybe not , he isn't making anything and looks a low week again.

liamos43

What competition is he playing this week...thks

Eaglebridie 32

T9 on -3 after 13, last weeks good form continuing 👍🏼

fullstop

Eaglebridie 32 wrote: »

T9 on -3 after 13, last weeks good form continuing 👍🏼

Some going after hitting his first shot into the rough :pac:

Eaglebridie 32

Finished with 66, good putting stats, nice start to week.

abff

liamos43 wrote: »

What competition is he playing this week...thks

He's playing in the Sony Open in Hawaii on the PGA Tour. Made a good recovery today after a shocking start - missing a 2 foot par putt on the first. His putting was very good over the remaining 17 holes and he's shown as having gained 1.5 strokes putting, despite that missed tiddler on the first.

Speak Now

Serious putting on the back 9, holed about 70 feet worth of putts.
Packed leaderboard, already over 50 players at -3 or better.

Eaglebridie 32

22ft putt drained on the 10th, his 1st, for birdie, nice start😄

FixdePitchmark

1 yard from hole - looks like he is moving to 5 under again .

If he get to 7, it will be a great 2 days work.