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Re: British Open
This might answer you're question traeth.
There was a whisper this morning but now its confirmed.
Tuesday July 15 2008
Injured Padraig Harrington has admitted that if it was any event other than his Open title defence he would have already quit and gone home.
The Dubliner is struggling with a strained right wrist and played only nine holes of practice at Royal Birkdale today before being advised to rest it further.
During those nine holes he did not attempt one shot out of the rough - and that is the major concern at this stage. Not whether he will play, but what damage he might do.
``I know I will not get through 72 holes this week without going in the rough and the biggest worry is if I do something that will flare it up and give me a problem.
``That will certainly be an issue."
Having said that, Harrington was happy with how the nine holes went, even though his Australian sports chiropractor Dale Richardson then inspected the wrist and told him to take the rest of the day off.
``If it wasn't the Open I would have pulled out. I would have come for treatment and then decided I could not risk it.
``But because it's Open week I will definitely make the effort."
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