Hark at Padraig with his 61 blows

[HawkeyeMS]

10 under after round one stateside - well played that man, top fella and good to see hit a bit of form

 

[FairwayDodger]

Good effort - lets see if he can hold it together for 4 rounds!

 

[kid2]

Good effort - lets see if he can hold it together for 4 rounds!

Hope he can.....Im a huge fan and even i think that its gonna be harder for him to get back than Tiger.......
I would love to see him get a win because if he does it should rekindle his drive again.....

No one can accuse him of not putting in the effort anyway.

 

[wull]

thats great stuff........he has been a lot better of late,i hope it continues.

 

[mikee247]

Hes a great golfer but just analyses and messes with everything far to much. Sometimes you gotta forget all the technical stuff, tee up and swing with confidence! So they tell me anyway.

 

[JustOne]

Hes a great golfer but just analyses and messes with everything far to much. Sometimes you gotta forget all the technical stuff, tee up and swing with confidence! So they tell me anyway.

OR....

Wait until it pays off and you start shooting 10 under because you actually learned something about your swing..............

 

[Mike_j_golf]

Hope he can keep it going, 61 shows he still has it he just needs to keep it going for 3 more rounds.
Mike

 

[shivas irons]

If Harrington has hit form he`s defo one to watch at the Masters as past showings when he`s been in form are very good,I seem to remember some years back he took a huge lead in the first round at the Masters and then fell away,as a Major winner twice he may have the head now to win the Masters.

 

[Imurg]

In a way, Harrington's in a similar boat to Tiger.
He's been pretty much at the top - certainly one of the best players in the World when he won his Majors - but has slipped alarmingly recently (currently 90th in the rankings).

So, as with the Tig, one round doesn't make a comeback but it is a sign that things may be about to turn the corner. It needs to if he wants any hope of making the RC side for Chicago.

 

[dave]

good to see him putting in a good score, always seemed like a decent chap, hes really slipped to 90th? didnt realise it was that big of a slide

 

[boondi]

great to see him shoot a low round,as already said seems a good guy..unfortunatly cant see him posting another 3 good rounds....hope am wrong

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Good to see old Porridge back on top of a leaderboard. It is doing it for four rounds that has been the big problem. Would love to see him get back on form but not sure it'll be soon and I can't see him in the RC this year

 

[bobmac]

He only hit 6 of 13 f/ways, and 14 of 18 greens.
However, he one-putted 14 greens.
Drive for show.....

 

[FairwayDodger]

Terrible round yesterday and all over the place again today.

 

[kid2]

Terrible round yesterday and all over the place again today.

He's falling asunder Today....Im here cringing at watching what he is doing.....What was once a very strong part of his game (putting) is gone to crap

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Sad to watch. Is this the beginning of the end of another of the European main guard. On the plus side I think the future is safe with the likes of Lewis and Fleetwood etc coming through but its always a shame when a top player begins to struggle. I really hope he finds something that clicks like Thursday on a regular basis

 

[FairwayDodger]

I think (hope) it's a bit early to write the obituaries. Hopefully Thursday was actually the start of the road back.

 

[goldenbare]

if you saw anything of the thursday round it was just a day of lucky putting I'm afraid, he could'nt miss from over 15ft, a couple of cricket pitch length, for me the next 3 days were very predictable unfortunately.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Ah. Didn't see any golf Thursday - just his score. Bummer.

 

[Dodger]

I was crucified on faceache for saying he was finished and I don't mind reinforcing on here my belief that he is.