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.
Padraig Harrington had little to celebrate on St Patrick’s Day until he birdied the last to card a one over par 72 and keep his victory hopes on life support at the Transitions Championship in Tampa.
The Dubliner was three clear of the field after his sensational 10 under 61 on Thursday but despite a second round 73 and another over par round yesterday, he is still just four strokes behind leaders Retief Goosen and Jim Furyk at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.
“See you tomorrow.” Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood cross paths outside the media centre at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club near Tucson. What Graeme McDowell once described as a relationship of “jokes with jabs” will get deadly serious later today when Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood square off in the semi-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.
Rory McIlroy was touched by Miguel Angel Jimenez’s warm congratulations after their third round match. “He was very nice. He’s one of the most popular guys on Tour and everyone likes him. Yeah, he’s a gentleman and I appreciated that.” Picture by Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy remained on course to become Ireland’s first world No 1 and smash two of Tiger Woods’ records when he battled his way into the quarter-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona.