IRVINE, Scotland (AP) For Padraig Harrington, there’s a downside to playing stress-free golf and leading one of the best fields of the year on the European Tour.
He might just be peaking a touch too early.
Six days before the British Open starts at Royal Birkdale, where he lifted the claret jug for a second time in 2008, Harrington was in a three-way share of first place at the Scottish Open after a bogey-free 4-under 68 in the second round on Friday.
”Maybe I’ll have blown it all before next week,” the easy-going Irishman said.
A three-time major champion, the 45-year-old Harrington is playing with a new-found freedom after concluding that he has already created a golfing ”legacy.