Pádraig Harrington: 'I wouldn’t be averse to that being the future where there’s two [golf] tours'
‘I wouldn’t be averse to that being in the future where there’s two tours’ says the experienced DublinerPádraig Harrington: 'It’s good for the fans when there’s rivalries. I played the majority of my career when there was two strong tours . . .' Photograph: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
As Harrington put it: “It’s good for the fans when there’s rivalries. I played the majority of my career when there was two strong tours and there was a bit of rivalry and a bit of competition. So, why not? I wouldn’t be averse to that being in the future where there’s two tours. Who doesn’t love a bit of competition?
With the Solheim Cup returning to even years, the Europe-USA rivalry will resume with just a gap of one year since Suzann Pettersen’s team retained the trophy in Spain . . . and a new name has made a move to get onto the Norwegian’s team for the match in Virginia in September. “It would be a great honour to play in the Solheim Cup and represent Europe. It would be amazing and mean a lot to me,” admitted Forsterling.“It would be borderline unfair if he starts putting really good. I never want to wish ill on anybody, but if he starts putting positive each week it’s going to be really hard to beat” –
Nick Faldo, a winner of the Doral Ryder Open the previous week, and Ian Woosnam, who was making his first start in more than three months, combined with the weather to make life difficult for O’Meara. “Stop players smashing it anywhere by growing real rough and whaddya know, the best player in the world, driving it straighter than anyone else, leads by 5. It’s not rocket science, this is all that’s needed, proper course setup” –