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Padraig Harrington Injured by Amateur’s Practice Swing

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7 years ago

June 6, 2017

Padraig Harrington got a little too close for comfort while working with an amateur’s golf swing.

Just withdrawn from @PGATOUR @fesjcmemphis this week.I was hit on the elbow with a practice swing by an amateur I was coaching at an outing.

— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017

But it gets worse.

Thankfully nothing was broken,just 6 stitches. I thought it was the end of me playing competitive golf.

— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017

Part of me wishes there was a video just so I could see how hard this guy was swinging. Six stitches! Was Harrington holding the ball while the dude was swinging? OUCH!

Needless to say, Padraig will be sitting out for about two weeks.

I'll only be out for 12 days or so to let stitches heal.

— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017

I can only imagine how terrible the golfer feels after this. It does seem like Harrington was able to joke about it a bit.

There's no truth in the rumour that it was the amateur's best strike of the day @fesjcmemphis @PGATOUR

— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017

Here’s to a quick recovery and maybe hold off on the free lessons for a while.

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