GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN

July 14, 2023

Padraig Harrington

The Renaissance Club

Quick Quotes

Q. 7-under after two rounds, how solid a couple of days work is that for you?

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, it was pretty solid. It was not a lot of drama. It was pretty straightforward. I wish golf was as simple as that all the time. So it was nice playing.

As I said, I hit it very straight off the tee, which, you know, you do that around here, the second shots are big enough targets. So driving the ball well certainly makes for stress-free golf

Q. Nice to get in before these rainy conditions started. Tell us about the conditions today.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, obviously it was all when we started. I hit a great drive off my first hole of the day, 80 yards short of where I hit it yesterday. The marshals were a full 50 yards away from where they should have been for the first three, four holes because they had no idea how short the ball was going. Holes that were driving sand wedge yesterday were driving 4-iron today.

That early morning weather, that's the first time I've ever been out first, and yeah, I was hoping that I might turn up and get a break with the weather but we kind of got the opposite.

Then it lightened up obviously after six or seven holes. The ball started going a bit and it got a little easier then.

Q. And we don't have to talk about your links credentials, we know all about those, but how much do you relish coming over here for these couple of weeks?

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, I feel I can challenge anybody on a links golf course route a doubt. From years of playing, it comes natural to me. And I don't have a problem coming back and playing with the young guys on any golf course, but obviously links makes it a little easier for me.

So I am comfortable, no doubt. I'm comfortable here at the Renaissance and I should know month are about this golf course than nearly any other player. Maybe Stevie Gallacher would know a little bit more, but I'm very familiar.