IRELAND’S PADRAIG HARRINGTON had a mixed day in the inaugural round of Olympic golf in Rio.
The Dubliner carded a one-under par 70 to leave him six shots off early pace-setter Marcus Fraser of Australia.
Harrington got off to a poor start as he was one of the few early starters to bogey the par 5 first, but he was able to steady the ship and was back to even par with a birdie at the fifth.
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The three-time Major winner looked to be really finding a rhythm at the turn as he carded a birdie either side of it to move to -2 through 10 holes.
On the 12th though, his stock was dropping and score rising again as he thumped his second shot into an embankment before it slipped back towards a bunker. He took a bogey there and again on the 14th hole.
He would finish on the right side of the ledger though, as his fourth birdie of the day came at the 15th and he then narrowly missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th to leave him with a -1 in the clubhouse.
Seamus Power is also sitting at -1 (at the time of writing) after back-to-back birdies on four and five.
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70 for Padraig Harrington as early Olympic pace-setters threaten to pull away
IRELAND’S PADRAIG HARRINGTON had a mixed day in the inaugural round of Olympic golf in Rio.
The Dubliner carded a one-under par 70 to leave him six shots off early pace-setter Marcus Fraser of Australia.
Harrington got off to a poor start as he was one of the few early starters to bogey the par 5 first, but he was able to steady the ship and was back to even par with a birdie at the fifth.
The three-time Major winner looked to be really finding a rhythm at the turn as he carded a birdie either side of it to move to -2 through 10 holes.
On the 12th though, his stock was dropping and score rising again as he thumped his second shot into an embankment before it slipped back towards a bunker. He took a bogey there and again on the 14th hole.
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He would finish on the right side of the ledger though, as his fourth birdie of the day came at the 15th and he then narrowly missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th to leave him with a -1 in the clubhouse.
Seamus Power is also sitting at -1 (at the time of writing) after back-to-back birdies on four and five.
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