{"id":359676,"date":"2011-04-01T22:37:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T22:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/harrington-in-the-hunt-in-houston\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T22:37:27","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T22:37:27","slug":"harrington-in-the-hunt-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/harrington-in-the-hunt-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrington in the hunt in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.272727272727\">\n<div readability=\"61\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Houston Open second round leaderboard (completed rounds only): <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>-9:<\/em> C Kirk (US) <\/li>\n<li><em>-8:<\/em> A Kim (US), J Wagner (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>-7:<\/em> J Teater (US), P Harrington (Ire), J Walker (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>-6:<\/em> T Petrovic (US), A Baddeley (Aus), S Verplank (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>Selected others: -4:<\/em> L Westwood (Eng), P Mickelson (US) <\/li>\n<li><em>-3:<\/em> R Fisher (Eng), L Oosthuizen (SA)<\/li>\n<li><em>-1:<\/em> B Davis (Eng), E Els (SA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ee3bf873011669510-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Padraig Harrington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Three-time major champions Harrington is currently ranked 36th in the world<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Padraig Harrington shot a three-under second-round 69 to continue his strong start to the Houston Open.<\/p>\n<p>In the final event before next week&#8217;s Masters, the Irishman produced a mixed round but an eagle and five birdies left him on seven under.<\/p>\n<p>American Chris Kirk is the early clubhouse leader on nine under, a shot ahead of compatriots Anthony Kim and Johnson Wagner. <\/p>\n<p>English world number two Lee Westwood fired a par 72 to remain four under.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old from Nottingham made a poor start to his round, dropping three shots on the back nine as he carded four bogeys and a birdie.<\/p>\n<p>However, he rallied on the way home to claim three birdies on the front nine to salvage par.<\/p>\n<p>He is joined on four under by American Phil Mickelson, who continued his warm-up for the defence of his Masters title with a second successive round of 70, and Italian Francesco Molinari, who shot a 71.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Fisher&#8217;s 70 meant he reached the halfway point on three under, two strokes ahead of compatriot Brian Davis and South African Ernie Els.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ee3bf873011669510-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/12943821.stm\" title=\"Harrington in the hunt in Houston\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harrington in the hunt in Houston<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Houston Open second round leaderboard (completed rounds only): -9: C Kirk (US) -8: A Kim (US), J Wagner (US) -7: J Teater (US), P Harrington (Ire), J Walker (US) -6: T Petrovic (US), A Baddeley (Aus), S Verplank (US) Selected others: -4: L Westwood (Eng), P Mickelson (US) -3: R Fisher (Eng), L Oosthuizen (SA) -1: B Davis (Eng), E Els (SA) Three-time major champions Harrington is currently ranked 36th in the world Padraig Harrington shot a three-under second-round 69 to continue his strong start to the Houston Open. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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