PáDRAIG HARRINGTON IN CONTENTION AT CARNOUSTIE AS POWER SITS SEVEN OFF LEAD IN MINNESOTA
IRELAND’S PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON is in contention for The Senior Open after two rounds at Carnoustie, Scotland.
Harrington is three shots off the lead after a round of 72.
His opening-round 68 left him in that position on the overall leaderboard and he maintained his charge today.
Harrington shot birdies on the third, sixth, 13th and 14th, and bogeys on holes two and nine, to stay in contention on three-under overall.
Leader KJ Choi of South Korea is three shots ahead after back-to-back rounds of 69; Canada’s Stephen Ames is second on four-under and Harrington shares third place with Australian Richard Green.
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Peter Lawrie was also three shots off the lead before today’s action, but he had a round to forget. He carded 78 and is now five-over.
Darren Clarke, meanwhile, is five off the lead on one-under. He recovered from a disappointing 74 yesterday to shoot a round of 69.
Paul McGinley and Mark McNulty have missed the cut; the former after back-to-back 80s and the later after a round of 80 today and 75 yesterday.
Harrington is out at 1.35pm tomorrow, with Clarke and Lawrie taking to the course earlier.
Elsewhere, Séamus Power is seven shots off the lead at the 3M Open on the PGA Tour.
Canada’s Taylor Pendrith, seeking his second title of 2024, birdied three of the last four holes to grab a two-stroke lead after Friday’s second round. Pendrith fired a seven-under par 64 and remained bogey free after 36 holes to stand on 12-under 130 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota.
Power, who opened with a 69, followed that up with a three-under 68 which included two birdies and an eagle over the 10th, 11th and 12th holes. He added another brace of birdies on the 16th and 17th holes as he sits on five-under overall.
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Leona Maguire made the cut at the Canadian Women’s Open on the LPGA Tour by one shot.
The Cavan star is on three-over after a second round of 73 to make the weekend. Maguire started her second round with for bogeys on the front nine and finished with three birdies in all.
Stephanie Meadow has missed the cut after rounds of 76 and 77 left her on nine-over.
She shot double bogeys on the sixth and 14th, bogeys on the 10th and 18th, and birdies on holes 12 and 15.
The round two action is still in its infancy Calgary, Alberta, with Lauren Coughlin, Haeran Ryu and Hannah Green among those at the top of the leaderboard.
Maguire and Meadow are set to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris. Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy will also be in action in the French capital.
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