Padraig Harrington was aboard the first stage out of town after missing the halfway cut in the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.
Harrington had struggled to play all four rounds of last week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans but with this week’s 2017 PGA Championship venue answering far more difficult questions than presented in Louisiana.
The Dubliner posted rounds of 72 and 78 for a six over par total and to be lying in a share of 138th place in the 156-player, and five shots shy of the projected cut-off point.
Padraig Harrington misses the cut in the Wells Fargo Championship. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)
However in great fairness to the triple Major Champion as he had been three under par with two holes to play on day one but finished double-bogey and bogey for a score of 72.
Though it is the second straight year Harrington has missed the cut at Quail Hollow after having finished T7th behind Rory McIlroy in 2010 and T9th a year later.
The effort will also see the current No. 196th world ranked Harrington drop outside the top-200 on the World Rankings for a first time in 18 years since his maiden Tour success with victory in the 1996 Peugeot Open de Espana.
Just last month, Harrington ended a run of 14 straight appearances in the Masters while he also not exempt into next week’s Players Championship, and first time in his career will now need to tee-up on May 26th in a US Open qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey.
Harrington remains exempt into the British Open and August’s PGA Championship.
He is due to be in Dublin on Tuesday for the launch of the Confederation of Golf in Ireland’s (GCI) 2020 Strategy Vision for the future of golf in Ireland.
Harrington’s next appearance inside the ropes with be in the May 22nd starting BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and not one of his fondness given he contested twice over the past six years.
FOOTNOTE –
Harrington intends remaining in Charlotte until Saturday afternoon local time ahead of he and his caddy, Ronan Flood boarding a 7.30pm flight direct from Charlotte to Dublin.
