http://larrybrownsports.com/golf/padraig-harrington-wrist-injury-british-open/1736 Brown Bag it, Baby Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://larrybrownsports.com/golf/padraig-harrington-wrist-injury-british-open/1736#comment-220615 SpinMax Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:18 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/golf/padraig-harrington-wrist-injury-british-open/#comment-220615 While the tall grass and extreme winds hurt everyone else...they actually helped Harrington. Obviously he didn't have the power with his wrist injury but with the conditions being what they were everyone else either teed their drivers into the rough or teed off with irons. The wrist forced him to play a very conservative game which is how you often have to win the British on the old courses. 2 years ago Tiger dumped the driver and teed off with the stinger iron and won the British easily. If he played this week that same strategy would have paid off with an easy win of even or 1 under par. While the tall grass and extreme winds hurt everyone else…they actually helped Harrington. Obviously he didn’t have the power with his wrist injury but with the conditions being what they were everyone else either teed their drivers into the rough or teed off with irons. The wrist forced him to play a very conservative game which is how you often have to win the British on the old courses. 2 years ago Tiger dumped the driver and teed off with the stinger iron and won the British easily. If he played this week that same strategy would have paid off with an easy win of even or 1 under par.

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