Padraig Harrington is not about to sit idle despite being ruled out of competition for the next three weeks.
The Triple Major winner is struggling with a troublesome right knee that spoilt his last two events in the States.
Harrington’s been advised to rest the knee that also has meant having to withdraw from this week’s flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and not playing again to next month’s St. Jude Classic in flood-affected Memphis.
Padraig Harrington keeping busy despite knee injury
However Harrington will just minutes down the road from Tour HQ tomorrow when he hosts an R & A junior clinic at the Sunningdale Club.
Harrington next week is heading to the Prince’s course in Kent for a Wilson corporate outing and at the venue where fellow Wilson player Gene Sarzaen captured the 1932 British Open.
Harrington will dedicate a new bunker on the left side of the ninth green of the Dunes Course in memory of Sarazen who crossed the Atlantic that year to win by five shots.
Prince’s has honoured Sarazen’s win with pictures of the legendary American all about the clubhouse.
Harrington will try to play a bunker shot from the bunker using a hickory-shaft club used by Sarazen.
Bordering Prince’s is Royal St. George’s and venue for this year’s 140th British Open and Harrington will take the opportunity to inspect the course where he was placed 22nd in 2003.
And while Harrington will be kept busy the Dubliner’s is unperturbed.
“The R & A clinic won’t affect my knee because as it is, I can turn and hit shots, no problem,” he said.
“It’s only repetitive striking especially on uneven ground which is the issue. If I don’t rest it, it’s not going to go away so I am effectively taking two full week’s off.”
