Why focus on hitting straight roads, greens may be counterproductive

Another week at the PGA Tour Champions, another showcase for Padraig Harrington Near the top of the manager.

The 53-year-old Irish has scored nine wins in the old circuit since its first season in 2022, and this week PGA High Championship in PGA CcHe is once again hunting, two shots after leader’s co-leaders Vijay singleCameron Percy and YE Yang at the point of half the tournament.

Harrington has gained a reputation as a font of knowledge and penetration into interviews, often offering thought -out thoughts, the state of the game and even parenting. And Friday was no exception, as Harrington shared his perspective on why focusing on hitting straight and green roads is not always the best strategy during a round.

“I think one of the worst things you can do in the golf course is the judge and analyze,” Harrington said. “After, let’s say, 26 holes, I knew I would have lost two greens this week and hit a few par 5s. This was terrible information to have in your head. You don’t have to be aware of how many straight roads or greens because we don’t play roads and greens, we play results.

“Would you prefer to be 15 meters away from the hole on the eve or 20 meters away from the hole in the green?” Harrington continued. “Fifteen meters on the doorstep. But you have lost green. You see what I’m saying? You catch – when you’re playing well, you get caught by hitting the right streets and hitting the greens, which is not always what you want to do on a windy day.

“Sometimes you just have to do the job, and during the last eight holes I was finally doing it.”

Wind conditions made Congress a challenging test on Friday, and Harrington said the difficulty eventually forced him to forget the statistics and focus on simply taking the ball into the hole. During the second half of Friday’s round, Harrington Zogu three of his last five holes.

“Everyday should be just a result,” he said. “You should never analyze a round while you are playing it. There is no doubt, the fact that I knew I would hit a lot of roads and the greens would say I was analyzing my round. In a perfect world you wouldn’t know what outcome you are shooting, you would just play. Well, to make some birds.”