FRENCH OPEN REPORT
Harrington misses fifth cut in a row
... and he blames his putting
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Padraig Harrington's nightmare run of missed cuts went to five in Paris today - just as many as Tiger Woods has failed to make in his ENTIRE 13-year professional career.
With his Open hat-trick bid less than two weeks away, Harrington's fate was effectively sealed when he drove out of bounds and ran up a triple-bogey 8 at the 14th hole of his second round in the French Open Alstom at Le Golf National.
The Dubliner, who finished with a 75 for five over par, freely conceded on Wednesday that he was running out of time to get his game in good enough shape to triumph again at Turnberry.
Now he has only next week's Irish PGA championship to find a bit of competitive confidence before heading to the Ayrshire links.
Harrington, who last played four rounds of an event at the Players Championship in Florida in early May, left a tournament which at the halfway stage sees Argentina's Rafa Echenique - last week's albatross man in Munich - take over at the top from German Martin Kaymer.
It was more his putting than his 8 which troubled the three-time major winner.
"I was never comfortable on the greens all week," said Harrington, who felt his three-putt bogey at the 13th to drop to two over was the crucial mistake. "I'm hoping that's all it was. I just struggled - just putted terribly and didn't get any confidence. That's reflected in the score.
"It showed up the weakness in my putting. I've been happy with it and still am physically, but it certainly got on top of me this week and that's where the focus will be.
"You don't just click, but I have another week. The last six months the focus has been on my swing and definitely now I will be firmly focused on my previous strength - a good, sharp short game.
"I'm not worried about how hard they set up Turnberry. I will be more worried about how I am - but I can manage any challenge."
One Irishman who was celebrating making the cut was Shane Lowry who won the Irish Open in his last outing as an amateur - and had missed every cut in his fledgling pro career. Withrounds of 69 and 72 for 141 he had two shots to spare.
Marc Warren seems to be blowing hot and cold these days. This, it appears, is a hot week and he is the leading Scot on 140 (68-72). Alastair Forsyth and Paul Lawrie (141) made the cut with ease.
A pack of Scots just made it through by the skin of their teeth on 143 - Colin Montgomerie (69-74), Gary Orr (73-70) and David Drysdale who plummeted from a top-10 placing with an opening 67 to a share of 62nd place with a 76 which included an inward half of 41 (double bogey 6s at the 12th and 18th).
Three Scots were on the wrong side of the Great Divide - Richie Ramsay taking one shot too many in 71 and 73 for 144; Scott Drumond on 148 (72-76) and Stephen Gallacher drifting into the wilderness with 74 and 79 for 153.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) 7,299yd
132 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 65 67
134 Steve Webster 69 65, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 66, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 62 72
135 Peter Hanson (Swe) 65 70, Richard Green (Aus) 68 67
136 Paul Waring 66 70, Lee Westwood 68 68
137 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 65 72, Seve Benson 70 67
138 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 71, Kenneth Ferrie 70 68
139 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 72 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 68 71, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 72, Danny Willett 68 71
140 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 69 71, Gareth Maybin 69 71, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 65 75, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 67 73, Robert Rock 70 70, Marc Warren 68 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 70, Jamie Donaldson 69 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 66, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 71, Thomas Levet (Fra) 67 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 70
141 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 71, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 74 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 72, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 70, Oliver Wilson 72 69, Graeme Storm 69 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 74, Shane Lowry 69 72, Paul Lawrie 67 74, Ian Poulter 72 69, Alastair Forsyth 72 69, Barry Lane 70 71, Ross McGowan 69 72
142 Damien McGrane 70 72, Benn Barham 68 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 67 75, John Bickerton 65 77, Paul Nilbrink (Swe) 73 69, Peter Lawrie 71 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 72, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 72, Sam Little 67 75, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 74, Nick Dougherty 66 76, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 69 73, Darren Clarke 73 69, Paul Broadhurst 73 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 70, Phillip Archer 69 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72
143 Gary Orr 73 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 70, Steven O'Hara 71 72, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 68 75, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 74, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 75 68, David Horsey 72 71, David Lynn 69 74, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 71, Gary Lockerbie 68 75, David Drysdale 67 76, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 72 71, Mark Foster 69 74, Philip Golding 71 72
MISSED THE CUT
144 Richie Ramsay 71 73, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 75, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72, Simon Wakefield 70 74, Simon Khan 71 73, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 71, Michael Hoey 71 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 71, Bradley Dredge 73 71
145 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 77, Stephen Dodd 70 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 68 77, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 72 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 70, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 75 70
146 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 75, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 76, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 70 76, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 73, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 76, Simon Dyson 73 73, Oliver Fisher 71 75
147 Graeme McDowell 72 75, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 77, Daniel Brooks 74 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 72 75, David Dixon 74 73, Richard Finch 72 75, Raul Quiros (Spa) 72 75, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 73, Paul McGinley 72 75, Padraig Harrington 72 75
148 Marco Ruiz (Par) 71 77, Lee Slattery 73 75, Phillip Price 74 74, Scott Drummond 72 76, Miles Tunnicliff 71 77
149 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 75, Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 79, Scott Arnold (Hkg) 71 78
150 Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 75, Rhys Davies 77 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 76 74
151 Anton Haig (Rsa) 77 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 80 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 75 76, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 74 77, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 76, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 80, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 77 74
152 Mark Brown (Nzl) 79 73, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 72 80, Cedric Menut (Fra) 69 83, Gregory Havret (Fra) 77 75
153 Stephen Gallacher 74 79, Nicolas Joakimides (Fra) 79 74, Marcus Higley 81 72, Damien Perrier (Fra) 75 78, Robert Dinwiddie 74 79
154 Anthony Kang (USA) 78 76, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 76 78, Gary Murphy 74 80, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 79, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 82
155 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 77 78, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 79
156 Malcolm MacKenzie 74 82, David Frost (Rsa) 76 80
157 Alex Larrazabal (Spa) 78 79
162 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 78 84
WD: Benoit Teilleria (Fra), Marcel Siem (Ger), Anthony Wall
DQ: David Howell
... and he blames his putting
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Padraig Harrington's nightmare run of missed cuts went to five in Paris today - just as many as Tiger Woods has failed to make in his ENTIRE 13-year professional career.
With his Open hat-trick bid less than two weeks away, Harrington's fate was effectively sealed when he drove out of bounds and ran up a triple-bogey 8 at the 14th hole of his second round in the French Open Alstom at Le Golf National.
The Dubliner, who finished with a 75 for five over par, freely conceded on Wednesday that he was running out of time to get his game in good enough shape to triumph again at Turnberry.
Now he has only next week's Irish PGA championship to find a bit of competitive confidence before heading to the Ayrshire links.
Harrington, who last played four rounds of an event at the Players Championship in Florida in early May, left a tournament which at the halfway stage sees Argentina's Rafa Echenique - last week's albatross man in Munich - take over at the top from German Martin Kaymer.
It was more his putting than his 8 which troubled the three-time major winner.
"I was never comfortable on the greens all week," said Harrington, who felt his three-putt bogey at the 13th to drop to two over was the crucial mistake. "I'm hoping that's all it was. I just struggled - just putted terribly and didn't get any confidence. That's reflected in the score.
"It showed up the weakness in my putting. I've been happy with it and still am physically, but it certainly got on top of me this week and that's where the focus will be.
"You don't just click, but I have another week. The last six months the focus has been on my swing and definitely now I will be firmly focused on my previous strength - a good, sharp short game.
"I'm not worried about how hard they set up Turnberry. I will be more worried about how I am - but I can manage any challenge."
One Irishman who was celebrating making the cut was Shane Lowry who won the Irish Open in his last outing as an amateur - and had missed every cut in his fledgling pro career. Withrounds of 69 and 72 for 141 he had two shots to spare.
Marc Warren seems to be blowing hot and cold these days. This, it appears, is a hot week and he is the leading Scot on 140 (68-72). Alastair Forsyth and Paul Lawrie (141) made the cut with ease.
A pack of Scots just made it through by the skin of their teeth on 143 - Colin Montgomerie (69-74), Gary Orr (73-70) and David Drysdale who plummeted from a top-10 placing with an opening 67 to a share of 62nd place with a 76 which included an inward half of 41 (double bogey 6s at the 12th and 18th).
Three Scots were on the wrong side of the Great Divide - Richie Ramsay taking one shot too many in 71 and 73 for 144; Scott Drumond on 148 (72-76) and Stephen Gallacher drifting into the wilderness with 74 and 79 for 153.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) 7,299yd
132 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 65 67
134 Steve Webster 69 65, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 66, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 62 72
135 Peter Hanson (Swe) 65 70, Richard Green (Aus) 68 67
136 Paul Waring 66 70, Lee Westwood 68 68
137 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 65 72, Seve Benson 70 67
138 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 71, Kenneth Ferrie 70 68
139 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 72 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 68 71, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 72, Danny Willett 68 71
140 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 69 71, Gareth Maybin 69 71, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 65 75, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 67 73, Robert Rock 70 70, Marc Warren 68 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 70, Jamie Donaldson 69 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 66, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 71, Thomas Levet (Fra) 67 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 70
141 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 71, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 74 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 72, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 70, Oliver Wilson 72 69, Graeme Storm 69 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 74, Shane Lowry 69 72, Paul Lawrie 67 74, Ian Poulter 72 69, Alastair Forsyth 72 69, Barry Lane 70 71, Ross McGowan 69 72
142 Damien McGrane 70 72, Benn Barham 68 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 67 75, John Bickerton 65 77, Paul Nilbrink (Swe) 73 69, Peter Lawrie 71 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 72, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 72, Sam Little 67 75, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 74, Nick Dougherty 66 76, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 69 73, Darren Clarke 73 69, Paul Broadhurst 73 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 70, Phillip Archer 69 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72
143 Gary Orr 73 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 70, Steven O'Hara 71 72, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 68 75, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 74, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 75 68, David Horsey 72 71, David Lynn 69 74, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 71, Gary Lockerbie 68 75, David Drysdale 67 76, Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) 72 71, Mark Foster 69 74, Philip Golding 71 72
MISSED THE CUT
144 Richie Ramsay 71 73, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 75, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72, Simon Wakefield 70 74, Simon Khan 71 73, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 71, Michael Hoey 71 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 71, Bradley Dredge 73 71
145 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 77, Stephen Dodd 70 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 68 77, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 72 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 70, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 75 70
146 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 75, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 76, Federico Cabrera (Arg) 70 76, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 73, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 76, Simon Dyson 73 73, Oliver Fisher 71 75
147 Graeme McDowell 72 75, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 77, Daniel Brooks 74 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 72 75, David Dixon 74 73, Richard Finch 72 75, Raul Quiros (Spa) 72 75, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 73, Paul McGinley 72 75, Padraig Harrington 72 75
148 Marco Ruiz (Par) 71 77, Lee Slattery 73 75, Phillip Price 74 74, Scott Drummond 72 76, Miles Tunnicliff 71 77
149 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 75, Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 79, Scott Arnold (Hkg) 71 78
150 Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 75, Rhys Davies 77 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 76 74
151 Anton Haig (Rsa) 77 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 80 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 75 76, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 74 77, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 76, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 80, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 77 74
152 Mark Brown (Nzl) 79 73, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 72 80, Cedric Menut (Fra) 69 83, Gregory Havret (Fra) 77 75
153 Stephen Gallacher 74 79, Nicolas Joakimides (Fra) 79 74, Marcus Higley 81 72, Damien Perrier (Fra) 75 78, Robert Dinwiddie 74 79
154 Anthony Kang (USA) 78 76, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 76 78, Gary Murphy 74 80, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 79, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 82
155 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 77 78, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 76 79
156 Malcolm MacKenzie 74 82, David Frost (Rsa) 76 80
157 Alex Larrazabal (Spa) 78 79
162 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 78 84
WD: Benoit Teilleria (Fra), Marcel Siem (Ger), Anthony Wall
DQ: David Howell
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