HP Byron Nelson Classic

Harrington breaks hotel window practicing

Padraig Harrington has been on Twitter for a few years but didn't send his first personal tweet until Friday. As he said himself in Texas last night, it's a good one — a picture of a smashed hotel window with a golf ball-sized hole and the comment: "500 reasons not to practice in your hotel."

Harrington breaks hotel window practicing

Harrington back on the bike in Texas

You never forget how to ride a bike but like an anxious parent watching a child speed away without the stabilisers for the first time, anyone who's been observing Pádraig Harrington recently feared the worst as he completed his second round in the HP Byron Nelson Classic at TPC Four Seasons Resort.

Harrington back on the bike in Texas

More putting frustration for Harrington

Padraig Harrington has become more comfortable with the belly putter since he first used it at Quail Hollow (above). Picture: Eoin Clarke www.golffile.ieAnother day, another frustrating experience for Pádraig Harrington on the greens in the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

Paddy last

Pádraig Harrington goes to pick the ball out of the hole in Thursday’s first round. Pádraig Harrington has pulled out of next week’s BMW PGA at Wentworth which means that today’s final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship will be his last round of golf before he begins his US Open build up, almost certainly at the FedEx St Jude Classic from June 3-9.

Late heroics save Harrington

Padraig Harrington, pictured in practiced in Texas this week. Photo: kenneth e.dennis / kendennisphoto.com) www.golffile.iePadraig Harrington was forced to finish with a brace of unlikely birdies just to keep alive his hopes of making the cut in the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

Frustrating finish for Harrington in Texas

Padraig Harrington hits his tee shot on the fifth at TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas last night.Padraig Harrington frustratingly turned a great round into an average one when he crashed from a share of the lead to tied 24th after dropping three shots in his last six holes for an opening two under 68 in the HP Byron Nelson Classic in Texas.