The Senior Open is back this week in Sunningdale near London, with players rushing to the Swank Host Club, which includes Sean Connery and Hugh Grant belonging to the club.
Miguel Angel Jimenez describes Sunningdale’s old course (Willie Park Jr. Jr. Jr. Design) as “stunning.” Ernie Els added: “The grass is perfect. Everything is perfect.” Colin Montgomerie, who owns home in the area, said: “It’s just a lovely place,” he added: “All Americans love it. They think it’s theirs – well, it’s our Pine Valley.” Pine Valley, like the top perennial course in the United States
However, perhaps no player is more popular with his praise than Padraig Harrington. Padraig Harrington said after his first round: “I have to say that every player, every caddie here, this is probably the best golf course we can’t get on.
By the end of Friday, Harrington might feel it even A better place. That’s because he followed with a 67-shot 65, catching Thomas Bjorn and KJ Choi’s stroke. His circle looks perfect on paper – five birdies and 13 pars – but far from it. “I’ve had trouble in many other holes,” he said after the round. “Play some recovery shots and managed my game, but I didn’t show much confidence in my swing at all.”
It’s not just Harrington’s swing, it’s not cooperative. The golf god also threw several curve balls at him in what he later called the “Three Things.”
The first was in the fourth 7, when at some point on the swing, an acorn broke off the branch above and almost put Harrington underneath.
The second one was in the 14-stroke match, and he missed a short putt, but it was not because of poor study. “When I was backstroke, a bug fell on my shoes, [I was] Totally distracted,” Harrington said.
It turns out that bad things are not one-third of the things, so do crazy things.
The third weird thing Harrington encountered was par 17. “It’s actually a leaf, I don’t know what that is. Come to my ball, [I] Almost poured it down. ”
Harrington summed up his “weird day” but wasn’t weird for any missed opportunity.
“They didn’t spend my money,” he said.
Harrington won two U.S. Senior Opens and can now add the Senior Open (UK version) to his mantle.
“The bigger golf course is for me,” he said. “I’m glad to see that the course is a little hydrated. It’s starting to be firm and firm. It seems like it’s getting shorter and that advantage will take away from me. I seem to score pretty well, so maybe I’ll do it differently this time.”
