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Padraig Harrington.....2015 Honda Classic Champion

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    First Up wrote: »
    He'll need to make his putts today if he is to make it through to Sunday. Big ask.

    That's an extraordinarily negative comment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    abff wrote: »
    That's an extraordinarily negative comment.

    Possibly a bit negative but hardly "extraordinarily". He is currently inside the second cut line but only by a shot so he will need to be on his game to stay there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,500 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    First Up wrote: »
    Possibly a bit negative but hardly "extraordinarily". He is currently inside the second cut line but only by a shot so he will need to be on his game to stay there.

    Well it's no more of a "big ask" than making the friday cut, is it?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    fullstop wrote: »
    Well it's no more of a "big ask" than making the friday cut, is it?!

    Might be. He has been one under and two under so far. There are low scores out there and he might need one of them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    First Up wrote: »
    Might be. He has been one under and two under so far. There are low scores out there and he might need one of them.

    In that case so will everyone else around him surely?not everyone around the 2nd cut line is going to burn it up.....Unless he has a couple of really bad holes I reckon he'll be ok the way he's been playing recently. I thought his second round last week in Portugal was one of his best all year. No bogies, up against it after the 1st round but he delivered.demonstrated to me at least that he's in a much better place than 6 months ago when he was bombing out at the cut every week. Granted he wasnt exactly burning it up in the 3rd round when they were called in (still under par and making progress on the leaderboard never the less) but i would have been interested to see how hed have finished up the tournament proper. As I've said before in posts, I'd like to see him kick on now today and target a top 20 finish at least. A good solid round today will set him up nice.....fingers crossed sure but who knows? One things for sure,he'll give 100% out there!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    MarcusP12 wrote: »
    In that case so will everyone else around him surely?not everyone around the 2nd cut line is going to burn it up.....Unless he has a couple of really bad holes I reckon he'll be ok the way he's been playing recently. I thought his second round last week in Portugal was one of his best all year. No bogies, up against it after the 1st round but he delivered.demonstrated to me at least that he's in a much better place than 6 months ago when he was bombing out at the cut every week. Granted he wasnt exactly burning it up in the 3rd round when they were called in (still under par and making progress on the leaderboard never the less) but i would have been interested to see how hed have finished up the tournament proper. As I've said before in posts, I'd like to see him kick on now today and target a top 20 finish at least. A good solid round today will set him up nice.....fingers crossed sure but who knows? One things for sure,he'll give 100% out there!

    Well I hope so. I'm just a bit concerned that is a birdie course more than a grinders course and PH is more suited to the latter. I think he will need to be in the 60's to be sure.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    First Up wrote: »
    Well I hope so. I'm just a bit concerned that is a birdie course more than a grinders course and PH is more suited to the latter. I think he will need to be in the 60's to be sure.

    Maybe that will be the case...i don't think getting birdies is a problem for paddy lately,maybe not as many to compete at the business end granted, so if he minimise the errors,he should get through the second cut and maybe even compete for a top 20...i think the leaderboard is bunched whereby a couple of shots picked up on those around him will make a big difference to his current position....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    First Up wrote: »
    Possibly a bit negative but hardly "extraordinarily". He is currently inside the second cut line but only by a shot so he will need to be on his game to stay there.

    I agree that he will need to make some putts. So will everyone who wants to make the third round cut.

    But when you say that it's a 'big ask', it suggests that you think he would need to play well above his normal standard in order to make the cut. I don't think that is a fair assessment of his current form, which has been a lot steadier in recent weeks than it was earlier in the season.

    The third round cut is also 70 plus ties, so there will be at most 9 players (and probably slightly fewer than that) failing to make it through to round four. There are 50 players on -4 or worse and, even if we assume that everyone on -5 or better will make the cut, that still gives a better than 80% chance of survival to those 50 players.

    It's against that background that I found the degree of negativity in your comment to be 'extraordinary'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    abff wrote: »
    I agree that he will need to make some putts. So will everyone who wants to make the third round cut.

    But when you say that it's a 'big ask', it suggests that you think he would need to play well above his normal standard in order to make the cut. I don't think that is a fair assessment of his current form, which has been a lot steadier in recent weeks than it was earlier in the season.

    The third round cut is also 70 plus ties, so there will be at most 9 players (and probably slightly fewer than that) failing to make it through to round four. There are 50 players on -4 or worse and, even if we assume that everyone on -5 or better will make the cut, that still gives a better than 80% chance of survival to those 50 players.

    It's against that background that I found the degree of negativity in your comment to be 'extraordinary'.

    I would accept "pessimistic" as a compromise. Either way, I still reckon he needs a 69.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    First Up wrote: »
    I would accept "pessimistic" as a compromise. Either way, I still reckon he needs a 69.

    Fair enough. Let's hope that he scores at worst 69. It would be nice to see him move up the field and pick up a few world ranking points.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Ouch! Just gone bogey, double bogey to slip back to 2 under overall after 9 holes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Bogeyed the 8th and failed to birdie the par 5 9th to finish 1 over today and 2 under for the tournament. Currently tied 72nd and in danger of not making it through to Sunday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Annus horribilis for Padraig, around 20 world ranking points garnered from 28 events.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Yes, bad year for him so far. And this week doesn't look like helping. Currently tied 74th and looks like an MDF for him. Hopefully just a blip in his recent (slight) improvement.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    REBELSAFC wrote: »
    And it could have been better--he only parred the par 5 16th, the easiest hole on the course



    If fives are the new sevens then we'll all be happy


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    Very disappointing for paddy.made the half way cut handily enough and 2 bad holes cost him dearly in the end.if there weren't so many ties resulting in a 3rd round cut,he might have been able to put the disappointing 3rd round behind him and at least finished the tournament strongly.but I guess we'll never know if that would have been the case.will be interesting to see what positives he takes from this week to carry into next tournament....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    MarcusP12 wrote: »
    Very disappointing for paddy.made the half way cut handily enough and 2 bad holes cost him dearly in the end.if there weren't so many ties resulting in a 3rd round cut,he might have been able to put the disappointing 3rd round behind him and at least finished the tournament strongly.but I guess we'll never know if that would have been the case.will be interesting to see what positives he takes from this week to carry into next tournament....

    I was looking at the scores on Friday and the last guy to get through on the cut holed a 28 foot putt for birdie on his last hole. I remember thinking that it was unfortunate (not for him obviously!) that he made the putt as it put Padraig at risk, but I was fairly confident that he would make it through to the final round, based on his recent improvement in form.

    Unfortunately, this did not turn out to be the case and I hope that this does not set him back.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    He was actually motoring along nicely at -2 for the day until those 2 holes.....you could argue that the dropped shot near the end sealed his fate.had he not and birdied his last as he probably would have expected as a par 5,he'd have been home and dry.....story of his year really but hopefully he'll get back on track next time...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Padraig teeing off tomorrow at 8:20 EST in Georgia in The McGladrey Classic with Shawn Stefani and Fernando Gonzalez-Castano. Here's hoping for a good finish for him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭ForeRight


    I've a good feeling about Pat this week


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    I'm optimistic about this week. Certainly he has been playing some nice golf lately, and I don't have my heart in my mouth when I watch - he was saying he is enjoying putting, which is great to hear.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    So Padraig shot +1 today. Tied 80th right now. He had an early start but seemingly conditions are easier for the late starters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,424 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    come home padraig. forget the US


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    Rikand wrote: »
    come home padraig. forget the US

    Not an option right now unfortunately, as he hasn't qualified for the final series. I think he has a few events lined up in the US between now and the end of the year. Hopefully, they'll go well, but if not we'll probably see a bit more of him on the European Tour next season.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    abff wrote: »
    Not an option right now unfortunately, as he hasn't qualified for the final series. I think he has a few events lined up in the US between now and the end of the year. Hopefully, they'll go well, but if not we'll probably see a bit more of him on the European Tour next season.

    That's it. Hopefully he plays well and gets his confidence up. Looking forward to seeing him in Europe next season.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    Paddy just missed a 6 footer for birdie on his second hole...hopefully not a sign of things to come.....probably going to need to shoot 2 or 3 under to be comfortable for the cut!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,424 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    abff wrote: »
    Not an option right now unfortunately, as he hasn't qualified for the final series. I think he has a few events lined up in the US between now and the end of the year. Hopefully, they'll go well, but if not we'll probably see a bit more of him on the European Tour next season.

    I was thinking more along the lines of " Why dent his confidence anymore than it is.... "

    Come home for the winter. Work on your game away from tournaments and be revitalized and refreshed for the New Year!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    A nice birdie followed by consecutive bogeys.he's in trouble now.I recall I recently commented on how frequently paddy seemed to follow up a birdie with a bogey and it gives me no satisfaction to point it out again.fingers crossed he can weather the storm.even might be just about good enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭abff


    That's three penalty drops he's had so far between yesterday and today. It just seems to be one step forward, two steps back at present. Hopefully he can turn it around and make the cut.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    Another dropped shot....now 3 off cut.....difficult to see a way back from here for even the most positive of supporters!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    3 birdie 6 bogeys 1 db


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    So he missed the cut and had a few bogies and doubles. I wonder was going to play in the US such a good idea. No choice I suppose, seeing as he has missed out on the end of season events in Europe. I hope this doesn't set him back - I had been quite optimistic lately.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    Tickets for an evening with him in the Gaiety in January just went on sale. They are €55 but all proceeds going to his charity.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,608 ✭✭✭newport2


    Tickets for an evening with him in the Gaiety in January just went on sale. They are €55 but all proceeds going to his charity.

    Picked up a couple, looking forward to it. Ticketmaster reported in the papers they were going to forego their fees on this as it's for the ISPCC, but are charging €5.95 service charge per ticket.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    I picked up my ticket too. I presume that fee will also be going towards the charity.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭cairny


    Second date added, tickets available for that but looks like 1st one sold out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    cairny wrote: »
    Second date added, tickets available for that but looks like 1st one sold out.

    I'm delighted if that first gig is sold out. It shows that Padraig still has plenty of admirers and supporters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,608 ✭✭✭newport2


    vienne86 wrote: »
    I'm delighted if that first gig is sold out. It shows that Padraig still has plenty of admirers and supporters.

    Sold out in 60 minutes. Here's me waiting just before the 9am release, keyboard ready and afraid I wouldn't get one. All that panic over nothing. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    I picked up my ticket too. I presume that fee will also be going towards the charity.

    According ot the man himself:
    Tickets from €45 will go on sale from Monday 3rd November from Ticketmaster who has waived the booking fee for this special event and with the Gaiety and the theatre crew waiving their fee too it means that all the proceeds from the sale of the tickets will go to the two charities.

    TM are still sticking it on, however.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    newport2 wrote: »
    Sold out in 60 minutes. Here's me waiting just before the 9am release, keyboard ready and afraid I wouldn't get one. All that panic over nothing. :)

    A nice distraction from his world ranking position which is so sad to see.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    I see he's playing in the Sanderson Farms....they're showing a fair bit of him on Sky. Going nicely. Short putt for a birdie on 8 to go 3 under.

    Not a great field of course, but could get the confidence up if he goes well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,948 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    vienne86 wrote: »
    I see he's playing in the Sanderson Farms....they're showing a fair bit of him on Sky. Going nicely. Short putt for a birdie on 8 to go 3 under.

    Not a great field of course, but could get the confidence up if he goes well.

    Nice one, just switched it on and first two shots are by Duval and Harrington :D

    Here's hoping for a return to former glories :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Nice one, just switched it on and first two shots are by Duval and Harrington :D

    Here's hoping for a return to former glories :)

    David Duval might be hoping the same. Nice hole out there from Padraig. Minus 3 for the first 9, even though he parred the par 5's. No boges on his card so far, which is great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,948 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    Immelman and Glover are playing too; nice collection of major winners who inexplicably fell off the side of the golfing world.

    Obviously not in the class of Harry and Duval but Immelman's struggles are particularly surprising.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Immelman and Glover are playing too; nice collection of major winners who inexplicably fell off the side of the golfing world.

    Obviously not in the class of Harry and Duval but Immelman's struggles are particularly surprising.

    Just seen Ben Curtis! Quite a few old favourites here. And Padraig makes a birdie at the par 5 11th. Now on -4.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Padraig seems to be putting nicely. He got a birdie on the 11th, but gave it back again on the 13th. He had a difficult put from the edge of the green to make is par - didn't get it but shaved the hole.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭Dealerz


    Oh Christ what a bad putt


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Anatom


    That was awful and he knew it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 368 ✭✭markthespark77


    2 bogies in a row, was unlucky on the par 3 13th for it not to drop. but played the par 5 14th terrible, hopefully its only a blip. birdie everything home.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,999 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    What score is padraig lads.

    On phone.
    find us pga site like something from 1994.

    In fact another subject. But why are golf tour Web sites so poor ?


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