Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

Quahog217

Creasy_bear wrote: »

I Love Harrington, the greatest Irish golfer we've had...but he shouldn't have been near the last ryder cup team....don't mind this one.

Agree he shouldnt have been on the last team but i think he should be on this one. Look at his performances in the majors this year.

abff

Quahog217 wrote: »

Agree he shouldnt have been on the last team but i think he should be on this one. Look at his performances in the majors this year.

I'm a HUGE fan of Padraig's but I'm beginning to feel that he hasn't earned the right to take part in this year's Ryder Cup. He's doing OK today, but his performance yesterday and on Friday just wasn't good enough.

He's a fantastic player (and an incredible role model) and at this stage it seems to me that the problems he has in producing the results he deserves are down to confidence rather than ability. I hope that the Fedex Cup works out for him and that he ends up in the Tour Championship and back in the top 50 where he belongs.

I expect him to make the next Ryder Cup automatically and at least one or two more after that. But maybe missing this year is something that is just fated and it's time to move on.

abff

Birdied the last to finish with a 68 and 2 under overall. Hopefully he'll kick on from here and qualify for the Tour Championship.

soundsham

As JMO says he hasn't delivered of late
This weekend was the same he started all a bluster and finished way down the field
If he had played like Sergio in the last 10 days ............
When the chips are down

I wish him the best and I love him but he's not good enough at the moment

abff

soundsham wrote: »

I wish him the best

Me too.:)

supernova84

Finished T-19, not bad I suppose after his middle rounds. Up to 48th in the fedex.

PRAF

A good round today by all accounts to repair some of the damage caused on Friday and Saturday. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, it's his putting what did the damage!! Playing on greens that were too fast on Friday and Saturday in the late afternoon / early evening probably did him no favours. TBH, I'd rather he doesn't get a pick tomorrow. If he does, he'll have that same negativity around his selection and that won't be good for his game.

Jazzzman

Excellent round today.

Ryder cup is obviously out the window. He can concentrate on ironing out the kinks in his game now and hopefully win a tournament before the year is out.

ssbob

He is very close to a win I reckon and at the end of the day he is up to 48th in the Fedex Cup and should jump a place or two in world rankings.

By making the cut next week he should guarantee a place in the following event so I reckon Paddy will be back in the Top 50 come the end of the playoffs.

charlieIRL

I can't understand all the "Paddy Whacking" going on, looking at yesterdays round - he had the 4th best round in the field, in a field where most played over par he was -3. Mcilroy was 1 over, Woods 5 over, Garcia 4 over etc. Look at all the top american players that didn't even make the cut!!

Also remember that most of the players said the course was unplayable on saturday it was so tough.

I thing while its not a great result its still a good one and hopefully he's there for the last round of the Fed-Ex.

PRAF

charlieIRL wrote: »

I can't understand all the "Paddy Whacking" going on, looking at yesterdays round - he had the 4th best round in the field, in a field where most played over par he was -3. Mcilroy was 1 over, Woods 5 over, Garcia 4 over etc. Look at all the top american players that didn't even make the cut!!

Also remember that most of the players said the course was unplayable on saturday it was so tough.

I thing while its not a great result its still a good one and hopefully he's there for the last round of the Fed-Ex.

Agree - he's having a good year so far. Very steady and consistent, 7th in scoring average on pga tour this year is pretty good play! A couple of extra putts dropping here and there would make a huge difference though.

Quahog217

charlieIRL wrote: »

I can't understand all the "Paddy Whacking" going on, looking at yesterdays round - he had the 4th best round in the field, in a field where most played over par he was -3. Mcilroy was 1 over, Woods 5 over, Garcia 4 over etc. Look at all the top american players that didn't even make the cut!!

Also remember that most of the players said the course was unplayable on saturday it was so tough.

I thing while its not a great result its still a good one and hopefully he's there for the last round of the Fed-Ex.

The most sensible post ive ever seen on here.

Agree 100%

RikkFlair

Well no Ryder Cup for Paddy, was always looking an uphill battle. He should focus now on being more consistent and making the team for 2014, he's still young enough for another 2 or 3 cups.

ssbob

Paddy up two places to 59th in OWGR. Needs to continue this consistent run of form to get back in Top 50 but a Top 10 or two would confirm it!

I think Paddy will be confident going into the year end tournaments and he is also in a good positon in the RTD in 25th position after playing just 9 events(I wonder does he have to try and make up events to make sure he qualifies for year end tournament)

Adiaga 2

Now that the Ryder Cup is out of the way for him I hope he can buckle down and finish off the season well and get back in the top 50 as mentioned. So disappointed with r2 & r3 this week but it was Bethpage Black and he did a v good job on sunday. Would love to see him at least make the tour championship.

abff

ssbob wrote: »

I think Paddy will be confident going into the year end tournaments and he is also in a good positon in the RTD in 25th position after playing just 9 events(I wonder does he have to try and make up events to make sure he qualifies for year end tournament)

I looked up the membership criteria and there was an article in late 2010 saying that the number of tournaments you need to play for full membership was being increased from 12 to 13.

I don't know what are the consequences of playing less than 13, but it appears that Padraig may have to play another 4 tournaments this year. He usually plays in the dunhill links, but that leaves another two apart from the Dubai finale. Portugal or Andalucia perhaps, plus the Singapore Masters?

abff

Of course, he might also qualify for the HSBC WGC event if he can win one of the tournaments before then or finish in the top 5 in the Fedex Cup who are not already qualified.

soundsham

Harrington: "The dogs in the street knew I wasn’t getting a pick"
BY BRIAN KEOGH MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 AT 23:55

“And my two picks to join and complete this team are Nicolas Colsaerts and Ian Poulter.” European captain José María Olazábal makes it official. Picture Stuart Adams www.golftourimages.com
Padraig Harrington took his Ryder Cup wildcard blow on the chin but insisted he’ll roar back under an Irish skipper in 2014.

Sorry Soundsham, have to edit this post. As mentioned recently - it is now illegal to print copyrighted material in its entirety. Please link to the original article.

ssbob

Listened to this interview on Off The Ball last night and could hear the dissapointment in his voice. On a funny side of things, I can't imagine Harry sitting down for 10 hours watching golf:D Surely be practicing putting or something!

soundsham

Sorry mod didn't know that

RT @IrishGolfDesk: Harrington: "The dogs in the street knew I wasn’t getting a pick" http://t.co/zNuCMFMF  #padraigharrington #rydercup #josemariaolazabal

Aidric

abff wrote: »

I looked up the membership criteria and there was an article in late 2010 saying that the number of tournaments you need to play for full membership was being increased from 12 to 13.

I don't know what are the consequences of playing less than 13, but it appears that Padraig may have to play another 4 tournaments this year. He usually plays in the dunhill links, but that leaves another two apart from the Dubai finale. Portugal or Andalucia perhaps, plus the Singapore Masters?

From memory he has played the tournament in Vilamoura a few times so I'd guess he may again.

charlieIRL

soundsham wrote: »

Sorry mod didn't know that

RT @IrishGolfDesk: Harrington: "The dogs in the street knew I wasn’t getting a pick" http://t.co/zNuCMFMF  #padraigharrington #rydercup #josemariaolazabal

no worries.

abff

Sad to see him so far down the field. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

sector

so far down, he's stone last, bit of given up job going on there.

murphdogg11

A fan of PH but he didn't deserve a pick for Ryder Cup.

ssbob

murphdogg11 wrote: »

A fan of PH but he didn't deserve a pick for Ryder Cup.

Maybe he ran out of steam!

AGC

sector wrote: »

so far down, he's stone last, bit of given up job going on there.

67 would suggest otherwise

Johnny_Fontane

should see him make the next leg of the fedex cup.....

fair dues to him....must be tough to go out early and shoot a decent score.

ssbob

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

should see him make the next leg of the fedex cup.....

fair dues to him....must be tough to go out early and shoot a decent score.

Might move up another small bit if people ahead crumble! Think he and GMAC were playing together today!

Speak Now

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

should see him make the next leg of the fedex cup.....

fair dues to him....must be tough to go out early and shoot a decent score.

He was sure to be top 70 even if he had missed the cut (birdied last in round 2 to make it). Will need to be pushing top 5 next week.