Wednesday, February 12

Padraig Harrington victories at Hoag Classic, wins PGA Tour Champions occasion on 72nd hole

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Padraig Harrington discovered .

Regardless of having his finest throughout last of the Hoag , the played sufficient to himself a at hole.

And he maximized the chance.

The drained an 8-footer birdie on the 72nd hole, a par-5, which generated an enormous fist-. The provided Harrington his seventh triumph on the PGA .

“This is the terrific aspect of the Champions Tour. permits to relive our previous splendors,” the Irishman stated.

get to where we nervous, we feel worried, we feel ecstatic. And it does not alter, when 've got a putt to or a to win, you do not to ruin in of .”

Things looked alarming for Harrington after his bogey on the 16th hole.

Resting on a , the Irishman -hooked his , punched out, struck his 3rd into the bunker, and stopped working to get and down for bogey.

Like that, Harrington went from having the in Miguel and Thongchai Jaidee by a shot with 2 to .

never ever make it simple; do not do it basic,” Harrington joked later. “I among finest in is when my ' to the , I' respectable at taking things on.”

He did not get down on himself. The Dubliner struck a great into the 17th and offered himself an possibility at a birdie from 20 feet. He drained it and strolled to the 18th tee with a piece of the lead at 13-.

Jimenez, on the other , bogeyed the 17th, and hence, Harrington and Jaidee were deadlocked on the last hole.

The Irishman struck his way ideal on the 18th, possibly making up for his huge miss out on 2 holes prior. It did not him too much. He handled to get his 2nd shot up into the greenside bunker and got up and below there.

“I understood I might complete birdie- if I needed to. I was extremely and simply took it on,” Harrington stated.

“I was a little unfortunate. I struck a great tee shot on 17, and where I completed up, we believed it was a portion to the. And after that, certainly, I struck a bad tee shot on 18, however the 2nd shot exercised actually well where it was. I was never ever not getting up and below there. When you' provided with a chance, you've got to take it.”

Jaidee likewise missed out on the fairway, however he made a mess of things up on the . After his 2nd except the green, the -- Thai struck his 3rd over the green and had a to make par from there.

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