AT&T @ Pebble Beach

WHIP IT! · 11-02-2011 1:24pm #1

Opening-round 69 for Harrington, four off the early lead. Five birdies, two bogies... hopefully we'll see a good solid week's play from him and a decent finish.

SSK · 11-02-2011 2:43pm

Did anyone see that dude from FedEx nearly drop a hole in one yesterday?

Absolute peach of a shot from an amateur live on TV :eek:

me89 · 11-02-2011 5:46pm

Harrington -4 today after 6 and -7 overall, lets hope he can keep it going

Ruu_Old · 11-02-2011 7:10pm

Rolled in another birdie on 11th. PH at -8 now, the leader (Steve Marino) at -10.

LuckyGent88 · 11-02-2011 8:02pm

Good stuff from Paddy so far. keep it up for an Irish double over the weekend

bigtimecharlie · 11-02-2011 8:46pm

Another bogey but still encouraging an -4 for the day. What bet the Irish Double...............

LuckyGent88 · 11-02-2011 9:14pm

Paddy finishes at 7 under par. Poor miss on 18 for Birdie. But thats 2 under par rounds in a row. Some good positive stuff for the season ahead.

Matt Gogel doing intervies now for Golf Channel....some decline after winning this tournament in 2002

bigtimecharlie · 11-02-2011 9:25pm

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Matt Gogel doing intervies now for Golf Channel....some decline after winning this tournament in 2002

What happened him?

Haven't heard of him now that you mention him.

randomer · 11-02-2011 11:53pm

I was at Pebble Beach this morning and followed Padraig. The views are pretty amazing, and the golf was interesting ;-)

The amateurs played bi-polar golf. Some awesome stuff, on 17 Dermot Desmond beat the pros and was closest to the pin (looked to be within three feet, and then missed the birdie putt). With an interesting technique, JP McManus played some really nice shots, but then had a few horrors chipping around the green.

Although Padraig scored well, he didn't play particularly well. By this I mean that he could have saved another five or six shots. I think this is really encouraging for the rest of the week, especially as I have 50 euro each way on him at 33/1!

He also seemed incredibly relaxed, and had a bit of a laugh with the crowd on a few occasions.

I am going back tomorrow and will follow him again, and if he is in contention will be back on Sunday too.

I might break the rules tomorrow and take a couple of photos on my iPhone and pop them up here too.

L.O.F.T · 12-02-2011 12:10am

randomer wrote: »

I might break the rules tomorrow and take a couple of photos on my iPhone and pop them up here too.

This is a must

LuckyGent88 · 12-02-2011 1:44pm

randomer wrote: »

I was at Pebble Beach this morning and followed Padraig.

Your some lucky lad/lassie....not the watching Paddy part but just being at Pebble Beach....it looks unbelievable....would def be in my top 5 courses in world i would love to play before i'm 6 foot under

blackwaterfish · 12-02-2011 6:44pm

anyone got a decent stream for this??

blackwaterfish · 12-02-2011 7:45pm

this one appears to be working now

http://embed.zonein.tv/plkgftdhgfhydfyhayer.php?id=131868&w=950&h=700

samdeman · 12-02-2011 10:32pm

Wouldn't ya love to give that annoying bill murray a five iron to the back of the head! what a plonker!

SSK · 12-02-2011 10:39pm

Not gonna lie, this tournament is one massive pain in the arse to watch. Only cameras on one course, no shots of most of the leaders and never ending ad breaks. As for Nick Faldo interviewing celebrities :rolleyes:

I'd say if it wasn't for Di presenting the 2 boys in studio would have sacked it in hours ago

heavyballs · 12-02-2011 10:57pm

SSK wrote: »

Not gonna lie, this tournament is one massive pain in the arse to watch. Only cameras on one course, no shots of most of the leaders and never ending ad breaks. As for Nick Faldo interviewing celebrities :rolleyes:

I'd say if it wasn't for Di presenting the 2 boys in studio would have sacked it in hours ago

they've probably both sacked it in to Di,tbh she doesn't do it for me

samdeman · 12-02-2011 11:53pm

heavyballs wrote: »

they've probably both sacked it in to Di,tbh she doesn't do it for me

what if you had a choice between her and claire balding?

ps- please dont chose claire balding!!

Trampas · 13-02-2011 5:33pm

not a great weekend for PH.

Hopefully the finish will be like the european tour this morning. action packed

Suspiria79 · 13-02-2011 6:59pm

samdeman wrote: »

what if you had a choice between her and claire balding?

ps- please dont chose claire balding!!

Clarie is a carpet muncher, though. So, look elsewhere.

PS- Nice 8 from Paddy there.

Myksyk · 13-02-2011 7:10pm

WTF is Padraig at? A 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 in 11 holes!

SSK · 13-02-2011 7:15pm

Usual par 5 shenanigans from Harrington, 15 shots over two holes :rolleyes:

Massive logjam at the top, still fancy Marino to take it, he's swinging beautifully without too much reward yet. Shaping up to be an exciting finish

dvemail · 13-02-2011 7:26pm

Looking at Harringtons 8 on the 2nd hole on shot tracker, just looks like a child is after scribbling all over the green.

staker · 13-02-2011 7:52pm

Was JP Mcmanus playing this weekend here? Just seen Dermot Desmond.

Myksyk · 13-02-2011 7:52pm

SSK wrote: »

Not gonna lie, this tournament is one massive pain in the arse to watch. Only cameras on one course, no shots of most of the leaders and never ending ad breaks. As for Nick Faldo interviewing celebrities :rolleyes:

I'd say if it wasn't for Di presenting the 2 boys in studio would have sacked it in hours ago

Beyond words how bad the coverage is. Sky in fairness can do nothing but fill the empty spaces.

SSK · 13-02-2011 7:55pm

staker wrote: »

Was JP Mcmanus playing this weekend here? Just seen Dermot Desmond.

Yeah JP played with Harrington, Desmond with Steve Marino who partnered PH for the 1st 3 days

Aidric · 13-02-2011 8:16pm

Harrington bombing on the weekend. Well I never!!

SSK · 13-02-2011 8:38pm

Aidric wrote: »

Harrington bombing on the weekend. Well I never!!

Aidric commenting on Harrington bombing on the weekend...well I never

Looks like the failings of last year haven't gone away, poor driving accuracy over the weekend and an unfailing ability to rack up mahoosive scores on par 5's. Only 2 birdies the whole weekend as well, which is worrying considering he never had a problem making birdies even at his worst in 2010

Edit - 3 birdies now

micky radigan · 13-02-2011 9:29pm

anyone got a link to the golf i cant find 1 anywhere

LuckyGent88 · 13-02-2011 9:29pm

Good man Paddy, finishes with 78 today :eek:

tang1 · 13-02-2011 9:44pm

Just like last year in the states, 2 great rounds and 2 rubbish ones. I know hes not doing it on purpose, but seriously letting himself down.

LuckyGent88 · 13-02-2011 9:55pm

That eagle could just win D.A Points the tournament if he doesnt poop his pants

micky radigan · 13-02-2011 10:02pm

bill murray is a funny f***ker
i got a link if anyones interested http://garthy-tv.webs.com/herdleadertv.htm

dvemail · 13-02-2011 10:03pm

Shame about that chest bump between himself and Bill Murray, great shot though.

tang1 · 13-02-2011 10:11pm

Still rooting for Marino, cause that bellend Faldo has totally slated him all week. No questioning what he achieved in the game but hes an obnoxious tool.

LuckyGent88 · 13-02-2011 10:30pm

tang1 wrote: »

Still rooting for Marino, cause that bellend Faldo has totally slated him all week. No questioning what he achieved in the game but hes an obnoxious tool.

Completely agree with ya on the Faldo point. Cant stand listening to his ****e talk on the US coverage. Way too analytical altogether.
David Feherty is an absolute legend though...could listen to him all night

tang1 · 13-02-2011 10:46pm

Spot on there, Feherty and McCourt are two legends!! Looking like Points has it.

bigtimecharlie · 13-02-2011 11:13pm

D.A. points will not get into the WGC Mtchplay if he wins.

bigtimecharlie · 13-02-2011 11:50pm

D.A. Points has won.

S Marino took an 8 on the par 5 last to fall away.

randomer · 14-02-2011 2:43am

Here are a few of the sneaky photos I took at the golf on Saturday.

http://yfrog.com/h0jo54j
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http://yfrog.com/gydt7lj
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It was a shame that Padraig fell away so badly after a promising start, but he seemed to be in good humor.

JP McManus is now my new favorite billionaire! The guy is a gent, and really interacted well with the crowd. His golf was a little up and down, but it was great to see him sink a 35 foot putt on Saturday. During the Saturday round, he came over to my girlfriend and myself and offered us sun block as he could see that we were very pale. He then had a chat with us for a few minutes while there was as delay ahead on the course.

murphdogg11 · 14-02-2011 9:26am

An absolutely shocking weekend performance from Padraig & no sign of any improvement at all. If anything he is more inconsistent than ever. After round 2 he was in 4th place & finished in 63rd place. I fear that he will continue down the world rankings & be out of the top 50 before long. A shame to see this sad decline.

AGC · 14-02-2011 10:35am

murphdogg11 wrote: »

An absolutely shocking weekend performance from Padraig & no sign of any improvement at all. If anything he is more inconsistent than ever. After round 2 he was in 4th place & finished in 63rd place. I fear that he will continue down the world rankings & be out of the top 50 before long. A shame to see this sad decline.

Completley disagree. He has shown sign of improvement. He was muck over the weekend but I think there is enough in the last few weeks to show he will have a decent year.

Also don't get the whole funny man Bill Murray, the bloke is a d**kh**d

FortuneChip · 14-02-2011 10:41am

dvemail wrote: »

Shame about that chest bump between himself and Bill Murray, great shot though.

It's probably a good thing he didn't connect with Murray properly, he would have floored him!!!

On Bill, he was funny... at times. But it was is if he felt he had to say something after every single shot! It was just a little OTT.

AT&T @ Pebble Beach

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