{"id":13840,"date":"2012-08-24T03:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T01:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-1-golf-harrington-in-control-at-bethpage-woods-edges-mcilroy\/"},"modified":"2012-08-24T03:08:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T01:08:33","slug":"update-1-golf-harrington-in-control-at-bethpage-woods-edges-mcilroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-golf-harrington-in-control-at-bethpage-woods-edges-mcilroy\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Golf-Harrington in control at Bethpage, Woods edges McIlroy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

* Harrington fires a 64 to lead by one<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Keeps his faint Ryder Cup hopes alive<\/p>\n

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* Woods cards a 68, McIlroy a 69<\/p>\n

(Updates at end of round)<\/p>\n

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Aug 23 (Reuters) – Tiger Woods overshadowed playing partner
\nRory McIlroy while Padraig Harrington stole the limelight by
\ntaking overall command in Thursday’s opening round of the
\nBarclays tournament in Farmingdale, New York.<\/p>\n

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Wielding a red-hot putter, Irishman Harrington covered his
\nfinal nine holes in a blistering six-under-par 29 to card a
\nseven-under 64 in the first of the PGA Tour’s four lucrative
\nFedExCup playoff events.<\/p>\n

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In pursuit of his first victory on the U.S. circuit since
\nthe 2008 PGA Championship, three-times major winner Harrington
\npiled up eight birdies and a lone bogey to finish a stroke in
\nfront of Americans Nick Watney and Brian Harman.<\/p>\n

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Spaniard Sergio Garcia, who ended a four-year title drought
\non the PGA Tour by winning the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship
\non Monday, was among a group of four on 66 while FedExCup points
\nleader Woods opened with a 68 and McIlroy a 69.<\/p>\n

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Harrington, who also has one eye this week on earning a late
\ncall-up for the European Ryder Cup team, was delighted with his
\nputting on the challenging, 7,468-yard Bethpage Black layout.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve been playing well for quite a while, but this is the
\nbest I’ve putted, the best I’ve struck my putts, the best I’ve
\nrolled the ball for a long period of time,” the 40-year-old
\nIrishman told reporters after taking only 26 putts.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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