Padraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harringtonis an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth31 August 1971
difficult enjoy quite
Working on the range, I like that. That's not something that's difficult for me to do. I quite enjoy that end of the practice.
easiest event playing win
There's a lot of expectations with defending. Definitely, the easiest way to win an event is, without a doubt, to be playing well and to be under the radar.
against ahead balanced europe five major past players six team time tried whereas winners
The U.S. players are ahead of us in the world rankings, they have major winners which is a significant factor, ... We do have a more balanced team in Europe for the first time. I think in the past we have tried to play five or six players against 12 U.S. players, whereas this time around I think we are going to try and play 12 against 12 which is a new experience.
believed colin gave partner paul
Colin believed in the teams, so it gave us some confidence, ... Having a partner is important and Paul was right there on every hole.
fun until week
This is a fun week - until you play well,
golf performed quite stay strengths
It can be quite a frustrating golf course. One of my strengths is to stay patient, and that's probably why I have performed well here in the past.
convince couple easy finish good mind next reasons strong
I know I've been inconsistent this year. Obviously, there's many reasons for that. But if I finish strong the next couple of months, it will be easy for me in my own mind to convince myself that it was a good year.
consistent
I haven't got a consistent swing. I haven't got a consistent anything.
enjoy exciting match strong
I really enjoy match play and, with such a strong field, it should be a very exciting week.
affected bit game played short today wrong
I played better today, but what's been going wrong with my game affected my short game today a bit as well.
great nobody phenomenal player
In 2000, he was a phenomenal player that nobody could touch. Now, he's still a great player, but he's probably not as untouchable as he was.
blow damage easy holes keeping question shout within
On a windy day it is easy to blow yourself out. I'll take my round. No damage done. There are another 54 holes to play. It's just a question of keeping yourself within a shout on Sunday.
four happy holes last nice swing
I didn't swing it very well for the first 14 holes, but over the last four holes I got back into it and made some really nice swings, so I am happy about that.
certainly liked
I certainly won't be celebrating tonight, and it's not the way I would have liked to get a half.