Padraig Harrington Quotations

Working on the range, I like that. That's not something that's difficult for me to do. I quite enjoy that end of the practice.

Life is a lot easier when you play badly and then all of a sudden you get in contention and win one. No one gets on your back. When you finish runner-up seven times, everyone is asking, 'Why aren't you winning?' It's much more fun when you jump into a win out of the blue. It's a much tougher game when you play consistently well.

Monty was good about it. He was not treating us like kids or anything like that.

I was struggling with my game. I've been struggling all week. I wasn't holing the putts. It's hard to win under those circumstances. It was hard. I wasn't able to raise my game.

I was struggling with my game. I've been struggling all week, ... I wasn't holing the putts. It's hard to win under those circumstances. It was hard. I wasn't able to raise my game.

I am somewhat pleased but I now need a couple of those at the weekend.

But afterward, I looked at the scoreboard in total wonderment.

I had hoped to build a buffer going into the last round but that was not to be, ... There is still a lot of hard work ahead, but I'm still happy to be right in front.

I had one round there to win (the Honda Classic) and a decent week at Westchester, but that's all. I haven't really performed at all this year. It has been an interesting year and one I wouldn't mind seeing the back of.

Growing up in Ireland, you learn how to play the wind. Or if you don't, you don't play golf, one or the other. Yeah, I like the conditions here. I'm very comfortable here. I'd be happy to see a bit of wind this week.

It can be quite a frustrating golf course. One of my strengths is to stay patient, and that's probably why I have performed well here in the past.

I was happy to finish strong. I didn't play well Thursday, so it's funny how things turned for me today.

I would like to come back next year.

Tiger has won 10 majors, so maybe he can go home on a Sunday night.

The only thing I can do as good as last year is win again this year. ... It's still a nice problem to have.

Eventually he didn't finish off the match, really, and then I got a couple of breaks. It was more or less up to Vijay. I just hold on in there and really I really struggled with my shots today, worse than yesterday. I don't know what it's going to be like tomorrow.

The wind made the last couple of holes pretty tough. If there is no wind when I play tomorrow morning hopefully I can post a bit of a score.

It was tough today, the course is really difficult.

These fairways are at least 50 percent narrower that anything you would see in the States.

Colin believed in the teams, so it gave us some confidence, ... Having a partner is important and Paul was right there on every hole.

The U.S. players are ahead of us in the world rankings, they have major winners which is a significant factor, ... We do have a more balanced team in Europe for the first time. I think in the past we have tried to play five or six players against 12 U.S. players, whereas this time around I think we are going to try and play 12 against 12 which is a new experience.

This is a fun week - until you play well,

There's a lot of expectations with defending. Definitely, the easiest way to win an event is, without a doubt, to be playing well and to be under the radar.

It's a totally different scenario. We do our own thing. It's nice being your own boss.

It's actually not a tough way to lose. I was expecting Davis to get up-and-down on the last and I'd have to hole mine out to go to 19. I was prepared for that, but maybe not prepared for him holing out.

It's a funny week too. With three golf courses it's hard to prepare, so that leads to a certain bit of the unknown.

It's not worth losing a friend over, but we had 15 very awkward holes after that,

It's like starting off a new season. I'm playing until the end of the year. I've had a couple of (good) weeks this year, but my consistency hasn't been there, so I want to get out there and sort of finish off the last three months of the year, and finish strong.

It's going to happen. The golf courses in Europe are being set up more like U.S. Open courses -- they're tighter than a regular PGA Tour event so maybe the U.S. Opens should suit Europeans now.

It's going to happen, ... The golf courses in Europe are being set up more like U.S. Open courses -- they're tighter than a regular PGA Tour event so maybe the U.S. Opens should suit Europeans now.

The ball tends to sweep into the pins at Augusta. Here, it's always running away from them. This is very tough.

I've had nine weeks off with the main priority being rest.

It was a double break, that was the problem. It was right to left and I started it out there and at the last second it broke back.

It was a day for a fight and I didn't have any fight in me.

On a windy day it is easy to blow yourself out. I'll take my round. No damage done. There are another 54 holes to play. It's just a question of keeping yourself within a shout on Sunday.

I made a couple of mistakes on the last couple of holes but overall I was pretty happy with the way I played. If anything, maybe I was a little bit over-confident,

I'm sure they're jumping on Jim's back for not winning all those playoffs. But how good is he playing to get into them? Only that he's in so many playoffs does he have a bad record. The better you play, the more you're going to lose. Because you're going to be there more often.

I missed a couple of birdie chances on the last few holes which would have made it a good round. But it's not the end of the world.

In 2000, he was a phenomenal player that nobody could touch. Now, he's still a great player, but he's probably not as untouchable as he was.

I know I've been inconsistent this year. Obviously, there's many reasons for that. But if I finish strong the next couple of months, it will be easy for me in my own mind to convince myself that it was a good year.

I haven't got a consistent swing. I haven't got a consistent anything.

I really enjoy match play and, with such a strong field, it should be a very exciting week.

I played better today, but what's been going wrong with my game affected my short game today a bit as well.

I didn't swing it very well for the first 14 holes, but over the last four holes I got back into it and made some really nice swings, so I am happy about that.

I certainly won't be celebrating tonight, and it's not the way I would have liked to get a half.

I don't think there's any question that there was a bit more challenge for the players who started late.

I am very happy with today's round and it was nice to birdie the last two holes, as it was a very tough day,

I don't make a two after an eight unless I'm doing OK. So I made a treble bogey. Big deal. Don't worry, my head's fine.

I'm sure there's a hell of a party in Ireland now and I know I don't have anything to do for two-and-a-half days so I'm going to party on

I hadn't won in Europe for two years, although I won twice in America last year, but it's great to come back and win. You never want to go a year without a win. It's very special to win and I'm really happy the way I did it.

I don't support the belly putter. I think it's bad for the game of golf.

Hopefully, I want to play a little better than I did today.

It seems a little bit like the home of the U.S. Open in the States. For all the venues of the U.S. Open this is more synonymous for the U.S. Open than any other one.

I knew what I was doing, always! I just couldn't stop.

Believe it or not, when I get in contention I can still hit the shots,

Sleep, my little one, sleep.

The first couple of rounds are very important for me because I am a bit rusty. If I do struggle a bit it is going to be tough. The key is to not necessarily make a quick start, but not to make a slow start.