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Defending Champion Might Be Out at British
Published 7/15/2008 at FanHouse
... said he might have to pull out at Royal Birkdale after injuring his wrist hitting an impact bag on Saturday. If you're not familiar with an impact bag, it's a big yellow bag you swing and hit with your golf club, that practically stops your swing immediately, similar to a soft tree or forgiving brick wall. ...

Padraig Harrington's Wrist Seems Fine
Published 7/18/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: British Open, Golf, PGAEarlier this week when Padraig Harrington was still worried about his hurt wrist, he had this to say about parting ways with the Claret Jug on Sunday. "Hopefully when I get it back on Sunday night, it'll be in a little tighter box so I can bring it with me everywhere on airplanes." The confident "when" is becoming more and more of a reality as Harrington shot a two-under 68 today to move within two of ageless Greg Norman. Padraig holed out a ...

So Much for Padraig Harrington’s Wrist Injury Making Him 50-50
Published 7/21/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... much like the rest of the media and viewing public when he battled a severe knee injury to win the U.S. Open. Needless to say, it was a pretty incredible feat. But how about Paddy Harrington? The big story entering the British Open aside from Tiger not being in it and Kenny Perry deciding not to play in it, was defending champ Padraig Harrington’s questionable status. Harrington hurt his wrist last weekend working a speedbag in the gym and couldn’t even manage more than three practice swings on Wednesday. Harrington even said his ...