July 04-07
Lahinch GC, Lahinch, Co. Clare, Republic of Ireland
$7,000,000
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Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Padraig Harrington delighted the home crowds at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open with his lowest ever round in his home national open, a sizzling 63 in the Lahinch sunshine moving the 2020 Ryder Cup Captain one shot clear.
“I had neutral expectations. At least that's what I was going for. I've been playing all year trying to find my game. I've been struggling coming back after my wrist injury. You know, this week, I just decided I'd go and play and try and get stock on my game. That's kind of been the feedback I've been getting from my team around me. Let's go out and play and see where we're at.
“I didn't expect 63 out of it. I was expecting a few weeks to get my head in the game, and we could then get our bearings, but you know, it just goes to show, when your head is in the right place, especially on a links golf course because you can work your way around the links. I did a really good job of it today.
“Out there today, I was in a good place, my head was in a good place and good things were happening. I hit lots of nice shots. I know I don't have to play as well as that for the next three days. It would be nice if I did, but we'll just go out there and try and do more of the same."
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It was a spectacular start to the second Rolex Series event of 2019, with Shane Lowry ramping up the Irish atmosphere early in the day by recovering from an early bogey to move right into contention with a four under 66.
“I don't think I had my best stuff out there today, but I got it around. It's nice to get off to a good start. There's been a certain few weeks over the last while, I've struggled on Thursday.
"To shoot a good score the first day, hopefully I can kick on from here now. There were huge crowds for how early we were teeing off and I think tomorrow is going to be mad out there. But hopefully I can give them something to cheer for at the weekend.”
A pair of former World Number Ones in Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood, as well as Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter, all joined Lowry on four under while reigning Italian Open champion Thorbjørn Olesen was one of seven players in a share of third on five under.
“I feel very happy finishing with three birdies," said Poulter. "It's always nice when you do that. I was kind of hanging around on one-under par for a long time. I was hitting decent shots. Hitting a few decent putts. Nothing really happening apart from just some good, solid golf. To close out with three birdies like that is always nice. Dinner is going to taste a bit better tonight.
“To be honest it was a very relaxed round of golf. Seeing as I've only played two tournament rounds in the last five weeks, which is not a lot, I did everything well. Drove it well. I hit my irons well. I gave myself plenty of chances. It was just one of those rounds where you have to be patient and I was patient, and obviously the rewards were at the end.”
But the day belonged to three-time Major winner and former winner of this event Harrington, as a run of five birdies in six holes around the turn propelled him to a seven under round and a one-stroke advantage over South Africa's Zander Lombard, who birdied the final three holes late in the day for a six under 64.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-7 |
63 |
2 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-6 |
64 |
T3 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Thorbjorn Olesen | DEN |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
-5 |
65 |
T3 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-5 |
65 |
T10 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Cormac Sharvin | NIR |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T10 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T19 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Russell Knox | SCO |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-3 |
67 |
T19 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
David Law | SCO |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Sang-Hyun Park | KOR |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Robin Dawson | IRL |
-2 |
68 |
T32 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
-2 |
68 |
T54 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-1 |
69 |
T54 |
David Howell | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T68 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Paul McBride | IRL |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Brian Casey | IRL |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Max Schmitt | GER |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Chris Wood | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T68 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T90 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
James Morrison | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Darren Clarke | NIR |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Jaco Van Zyl | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Ben Evans | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Michael McGeady | IRL |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Conor O'Rourke | IRL |
1 |
71 |
T90 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T114 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Julian Suri | USA |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
2 |
72 |
T114 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T132 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
3 |
73 |
T132 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
3 |
73 |
T147 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
4 |
74 |
T147 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
4 |
74 |
T147 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
4 |
74 |
T147 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
5 |
75 |
T151 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
5 |
75 |
T151 |
Pelle Edberg | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T151 |
David Lipsky | USA |
5 |
75 |
155 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
6 |
76 |
156 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
8 |
78 |