Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

bobwilliams · 09-04-2014 10:13am

RikkFlair wrote: »

He's going to be on Second Captains tonight on RTE2 after the Champions League

will watch just for Paddy and then turn it off quickly,the presenters do my bloody nut in

Felexicon · 10-04-2014 12:18am

Thought P Hizzle gave a good interview there. You can almost see in his eyes how much he struggles with the position he is in at the moment

sunbabe08 · 10-04-2014 6:52am

i still love him, but for the love of god, every interview i feel like wanting to give him a good shake, he pretty much gave up after winning 3 majors

:(

how does he expect people to believe what he says when you can see in his eyes he doesn't believe it him self

RikkFlair · 10-04-2014 9:51am

bobwilliams wrote: »

will watch just for Paddy and then turn it off quickly,the presenters do my bloody nut in

I struggle to understand one of them, he talks so fast.

Jimdagym · 14-04-2014 6:32pm

I was just checking the rankings there, and I looked up Paddy. Down 4 to 178. It's just so sad.
He needs to make a few cuts and get some points on the board. We will obviously never see him at the heights he was before, but we can still see plenty of top 10's left in him if he sorts himself out.

I think.

(I hope).

JohnnyLocke · 22-04-2014 10:26am

Correct me if im wrong but I think Padraig has qualified for the Players Championship. Some of you may already know this but I always thought this field was made up of the top 125 in the world rankings the week beforehand as it always held the title, "The best field in golf". However I read somewhere that the top 125 from the PGA money list last year qualifies for TPC Sawgrass. I think Padraig finished 119th last year.

This would be a big boost for Padraig as long as he can amass some points and make the cut because this event carries a ridiculous amount of money and ranking points!

He plays next week in Quail Hollow (another big(ish) PGA Tour event) then the Players (the flagship event)

JohnnyLocke · 22-04-2014 2:00pm

Just realised he plays this week???? He's in the field for the Zurich Classic?

abff · 22-04-2014 3:21pm

JohnnyLocke wrote: »

Just realised he plays this week???? He's in the field for the Zurich Classic?

That's a surprise. His website is showing the Wells Fargo Championship in Quail Hollow next week as his next tournament. http://www.padraigharrington.com/latest_news.php

Dero123 · 22-04-2014 9:06pm

He is not qualified for the TPC in Sawgrass needs to win either this week or next week to get in, the fedex cup points and money list earnings are based on this season and not last season.

http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2014/04/21/players-championship-qualifying.html

I'd love to see him give up on playing in America, come back to Europe now from Wentworth onwards, there are big European events coming up through to the British Open and allow him build up the confidence with some good results and let the world ranking take car of itself, it did Paul Casey and Peter Uhilien no harm last year. If you win the right event you get into the World Golf Championships which in turn ensures guaranteed ranking points.

Chasing FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai points is just burning him out

ForeRight · 22-04-2014 9:08pm

I had a dream last night that Paddy is going to win this week and be -10 on par 5's alone

ssbob · 22-04-2014 9:19pm

ForeRight wrote: »

I had a dream last night that Paddy is going to win this week and be -10 on par 5's alone

I had a dream once also that I had not backed Paddy in every major since 2007!!!!

ForeRight · 22-04-2014 9:27pm

ssbob wrote: »

I had a dream once also that I had not backed Paddy in every major since 2007!!!!

Martin Luther had a dream and look how that worked out for him!

abff · 24-04-2014 6:36pm

Decent first round by Padraig today - 2 under par 70. Four birdies and two bogies. The bogies were down to putting - a three putt from 47 feet and a missed 5 footer.

REBELSAFC · 24-04-2014 7:02pm

JohnnyLocke wrote: »

Correct me if im wrong but I think Padraig has qualified for the Players Championship. Some of you may already know this but I always thought this field was made up of the top 125 in the world rankings the week beforehand as it always held the title, "The best field in golf". However I read somewhere that the top 125 from the PGA money list last year qualifies for TPC Sawgrass. I think Padraig finished 119th last year.

This would be a big boost for Padraig as long as he can amass some points and make the cut because this event carries a ridiculous amount of money and ranking points!

He plays next week in Quail Hollow (another big(ish) PGA Tour event) then the Players (the flagship event)

I was looking into qualification criteria for The Players and this is what I found

Field[edit]
The field consists of 145 players consisting of the following criteria:

Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players
Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup
Top 125 from previous season's money list
Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension
Majors champions from the past five years
Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking
Senior Players champion from prior year
Web.com Tour money leader from prior regular season (effective in 2014). Previously, the season money leader earned a Players place.
Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals, if not the regular-season money leader (effective in 2014)
Current year FedEx Cup points leaders (top 10 plus alternates from 11th place)

As Padraig finished 116th in the money list in 2013 why has he not qualified?

abff · 24-04-2014 8:14pm

REBELSAFC wrote: »

I was looking into qualification criteria for The Players and this is what I found

Field[edit]
The field consists of 145 players consisting of the following criteria:

Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players
Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup
Top 125 from previous season's money list
Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension
Majors champions from the past five years
Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking
Senior Players champion from prior year
Web.com Tour money leader from prior regular season (effective in 2014). Previously, the season money leader earned a Players place.
Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals, if not the regular-season money leader (effective in 2014)
Current year FedEx Cup points leaders (top 10 plus alternates from 11th place)

As Padraig finished 116th in the money list in 2013 why has he not qualified?

I thought that too. I know that qualification for a card on the PGA Tour changed last year from top 125 in the money list to top 125 in the Fedex Cup, with a one year transitional arrangement whereby those finishing in the top 125 of the money list but not the top 125 for the Fedex Cup would retain their card for the current season.

Have they also changed the qualification for the Players Championship so that it's based on the Fedex Cup (but without the money list transitional arrangement)? I've tried searching the internet for an answer, but haven't been able to find anything definitive.

It would be nice to know.

Jimdagym · 24-04-2014 10:31pm

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/padraig-prepares-for-qualifying-trek-to-us-open-266403.html

abff · 24-04-2014 11:56pm

Jimdagym wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/padraig-prepares-for-qualifying-trek-to-us-open-266403.html

Thanks for that link. If we take that at face value, it looks as if the qualification rules have been changed to link eligibility to final FedEx Cup rankings. A bit unfortunate for Padraig, but I guess not a lot is going right for him at present.

abff · 25-04-2014 8:55pm

Just birdied the 1st (his 10th) to be 3 under and 1 shot inside the cut line. A nervous couple of hours ahead!

Jimdagym · 25-04-2014 8:58pm

abff wrote: »

Just birdied the 1st (his 10th) to be 3 under and 1 shot inside the cut line. A nervous couple of hours ahead!

Here we go. Come on Paddy. You have had enough weekends off at this stage!

PARlance · 25-04-2014 9:07pm

Please make sure you're strapped in tight

Slicemeister · 25-04-2014 9:18pm

Gone to -4, on the green with a 25footer for birdie on 3

abff · 25-04-2014 10:12pm

Dropped shots on 4th and 6th. Now on the cut mark with 3 to play. Not sure I can bear to watch.

:(

SaveOurLyric · 25-04-2014 10:20pm

This thread and shot tracker on a Friday evening? Or self-flagellation?
Kudos to the commitment of those who take the tougher option and follow Paudge.

abff · 25-04-2014 10:29pm

Looks as if the cut may go to -3. Needs to birdie one of the last 3 to be sure of making the cut. I'm not sure I'm able for this.

abff · 25-04-2014 10:37pm

Par 5 on the 7th. Now tied 71st. Needs to birdie the par 4 8th or par 3 9th to be sure of making the cut. This is becoming WAY too stressful.

dball · 25-04-2014 10:37pm

whos he playing with?

abff · 25-04-2014 10:45pm

Chad Campbell and Jeff Overton.

abff · 25-04-2014 10:53pm

Par 4 on the 8th and currently tied 69th at 2 under with nearly half the field still out on the course. It seems likely that a birdie 2 will be required to make the cut.

ForeRight · 25-04-2014 11:01pm

No birdie on 9.

Next week lads, believe.

abff · 25-04-2014 11:10pm

Seems likely that he will miss another cut. Time to hit the sack, methinks. Maybe there'll be good news when we wake up tomorrow.

Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

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