Harrington makes The Onion
Padraig Harrington's 16th hole implosion in the Bridgestone Invitational made the satirical magazine, The Onion.
Brian Keogh
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man. The real Padraig Harrington is finally back.
Just when it looked as though he was about to slink off to the range to work himself out of a slump that has seen him miss eight cuts from 16 strokeplay starts this season and slip from third to 17th in the world, the Dubliner raced two strokes clear of the field when he opened with a sensational, six-under par 64 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club.
Harrington bitten by Jaws prank
Padraig Harrington has become the butt of some practical jokes after racking up two nightmare visits to water in recent weeks.
The Dubliner blew chances to win the Bridgestone Invitational and the US PGA when he clocked up eights in the final rounds - a triple bogey on the 17th at Firestone and a quintuple bogey on the par-three eighth at Hazeltine National.
Addressing America's top Irish-American business leaders at New York Yacht Club this week, Harrington said: "I came to disaster twice in the water hazard. When I got home I got a voicemail with the theme tune to 'Jaws' on it.
Harrington "doesn't want to know"
Padraig Harrington uses the Flightscope under the watchful eye of his caddie and a representative of Wilson Golf at Firestone. Picture by Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieIf a change is as good as a rest then Padraig Harrington can expect to mount a challenge for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club exactly two years after he finished second to Tiger Woods in a thrilling finish.
That said, the Dubliner has no intention of heeding the grave warnings pronounced by his currently estranged coach Bob Torrance following their decision to “take a break” in their 14-year relationship at last week’s Irish Open.
Once Harrington made the split public when asked about it on the driving range in Killarney last week, Torrance explained exactly why the pair have not seen eye to eye for some time.
“He has been going down one road that I think is the wrong one and he is determined to go down that road,” Torrance said. “I said to him, if you go down too far, you won’t come back.”