"There’s nothing to see here" - Padraig Harrington explains his exchange with LIV Golf's Talor Gooch at The Open
Padraig Harrington is among the stellar field of 156-golfers competing at the 151st Open Championship, underway at the Royal Liverpool from July 20-23.
Harrington struggled in the first round, playing alongside LIV golfer Talor Gooch and PGA Tour player Seamus Power. The 51-year-old began with a bogey on the fourth hole and was then distracted by Gooch shuffling his feet, according to the Independent. Harrington bogeyed the next hole before making a double bogey on the sixth. On the front nine, he only made one birdie.
NUCLR GOLF's Twitter account summarized Harrington's subpar first round, saying:
"Padraig Harrington was distracted by Talor Gooch who was seen shuffling his feet on the 5th hole today. Harrington let Gooch know and said to “watch your feet” to the LIV golfer."
• Padraig Harrington was distracted by Talor Gooch who was seen shuffling his feet on the 5th hole today. Harrington let Gooch know and said to “watch your feet” to the LIV golfer. ☠️ (via @Independent_ie)
🚨👣⛳️ • Padraig Harrington was distracted by Talor Gooch who was seen shuffling his feet on the 5th hole today. Harrington let Gooch know and said to “watch your feet” to the LIV golfer. ☠️ (via @Independent_ie)
@padraig_h | @PadraigHTracker pic.twitter.com/uiod43FLsi
Harrington responded to the tweet, clarifying the sequence of events that led to him being distracted by Gooch on the course. He wrote:
"There’s nothing to see here. Unfortunately for me I tilt my head up in my takeaway which gives me a rather wide field of vision. I got distracted by an early walk, which Taylor was very apologetic about and it never happened again."
@NUCLRGOLF @Independent_ie @PadraigHTracker There’s nothing to see here. Unfortunately for me I tilt my head up in my takeaway which gives me a rather wide field of vision. I got distracted by an early walk, which Taylor was very apologetic about and it never happened again.
It is worth noting that Harrington finished the first round of the 2023 Open Championship in 92nd place, with four bogeys, one double bogey, and three birdies.
When will Padraig Harrington resume his game at the 2023 Open Championship?
Padraig Harrington will start the second round of the 2023 Open Championship at 9:15 am ET. He will tee off with his opening round partners Taylor Gooch and Seamus Power.
Here are the tee times for the 2023 Open Championship round 2:
- 1:35 am - Rasmus Hojgaard, Matthew Southgate, Alex Fitzpatrick
- 1:46 am - Daniel Hillier, Kyung Nam Kang, Kensei Hirata
- 1:57 am - Callum Shinkwin, Kazuki Higa, Michael Kim
- 2:08 am - Zack Fischer, Taichi Kho, Kyle Barker
- 2:19 am - Brendon Todd, Romain Langasque, Travis Smyth
- 2:30 am - Gary Woodland, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Bjork
- 2:41 am - Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harrison Crowe (a)
- 2:52 am - Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren
- 3:03 am - Tom Kim, Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer
- 3:14 am - Zach Johnson, Matt Wallace, David Micheluzzi
- 3:25 am - Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson
- 3:36 am - Francesco Molinari, Denny McCarthy, Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira (a)
- 3:47 am - Brian Harman, Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry
- 4:03 am - John Daly, Taylor Moore, Danny Willett
- 4:14 am - David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin, Ockie Strydom
- 4:25 am - Adri Arnaus, Ewen Ferguson, Keita Nakajima
- 4:36 am - Keegan Bradley, Sungjae Im, Joaquin Niemann
- 4:47 am - Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas
- 4:58 am - Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose
- 5:09 am - Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
- 5:20 am - Phil Mickelson, Nick Taylor, Adam Schenk
- 5:31 am - Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren, Alejandro Canizares
- 5:42 am - Guido Migliozzi, Oliver Wilson, Connor McKinney
- 5:53 am - Kalle Samooja, Shubhankar Sharma, Gunner Wiebe
- 5:04 am - Jorge Campillo, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Michael Stewart
- 6:15 am - Hurly Long, Seungsu Han, Marco Penge
- 6:36 am - Matthew Jordan, Richie Ramsay, Branden Grace
- 6:47 am - Russell Henley, Jazz Janewattananond, Graeme Robertson
- 6:58 am - Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Ben An
- 7:09 am - Rikuya Hoshino, Charl Schwartzel, Alex Maguire (a)
- 7:20 am - Adrian Meronk, Pablo Larrazabal, Hiroshi Iwata
- 7:31 am - Patrick Reed, Connor Syme, Jose Luis Ballester (a)
- 7:42 am - Darren Clarke, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters
- 7:53 am - Louis Oosthuizen, Joost Luiten, Christo Lamprecht (a)
- 8:04 am - Stewart Cink, JT Poston, Trey Mullinax
- 8:15 am - Henrik Stenson, Harris English, Andrew Putnam
- 8:26 am - Scott Stallings, Jordan Smith, Thorbjorn Olesen
- 8:37 am - Ernie Els, Kurt Kitayama, Takumi Kanaya
- 8:48 am - Sam Burns, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk
- 9:04 am - Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day
- 9:15 am - Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power, Talor Gooch
- 9:26 am - K.H. Lee, Davis Riley, Taiga Semikawa
- 9:37 am - Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama
- 9:48 am - Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott
- 9:59 am - Cameron Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark
- 10:10 am - Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Robert MacIntyre
- 10:21 am - Cameron Young, Si Woo Kim, Bryson DeChambeau
- 10:32 am - Nicolai Hojgaard, Bio Kim, Kazuki Yasumori
- 10:43 am - Dan Bradbury, Oliver Farr, Haydn Barron
- 10:54 am - Marcel Siem, Martin Rohwer, Tiger Christensen (a)
- 11:05 am - Lee Hodges, Antoine Rozner, Richard Bland
- 11:16 am - Yannik Paul, Sami Valimaki, Laurie Canter
* All time ET