… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi
For Padraig Harrington it would that much more for him to win in the position he currently enjoys with a round to play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship then to win, as he says, ‘out of the blue somewhere else’.
Harrington had easily the biggest following over the three days, posting a sizzling eight-under-par 64 and storming his way into the clubhouse lead at 12-under in glorious conditions on the host Yas Links course.
The 51-year-old Dubliner, who last won the DP World Tour in capturing a 15th Tour victory at the 2016 Portugal Masters, was in his element in being mobbed for autographs in the walk to the scorer’s hut and then delighting in undertaking TV, radio and newspaper interviews.
That’s not to say Harrington is not giving of his time with the media, it’s just that he was akin to a kid in a candy store just loving the post-round attention.
For Harrington on golf’s traditional moving day the key was attitude, experience
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