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I obhiya babehamba kahle futhi beqinile UPadraig Harrington ngesonto.
Sibheke phambili ekunqobeni okukhulu kuCharles Schwab Cup Championship – kowamanqamu wesizini ye-PGA Tour Champions – iziphuzo bese zivele zihlelelwe ukuthi zigeleze kumuntu wase-Ireland, kodwa Harrington ubonakale ezimisele ngokuqala iqembu kusenesikhathi.
Ehlela uhambo lwakhe lokuvula ngomhla ka-15, ophumelele kathathu ume kancane ukuze aphendukele ku-grandstand ukuze acele ngesizotha iqembu labalandeli ukuthi lisuse izihlalo.
Bekungakabi khona ukuphazamiseka okukhulu, inkinga bekumane kuyizithunzi ezinde izethameli ebeziziphonsa phezu kwe-tee.
“Bebehlezi lapho, ngicabanga usuku lonke, belinde lokhu,” kusho uHarrington etshela izintatheli. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi bebengilindile.
“Ngibathuthile, basenombono omuhle.”
Njengokungathi uthi ngiyabonga, u-Harrington waqhubeka nokubhema indlela engenasici edubula endaweni eluhlaza, ibhola lagingqika phakathi nebanga elishaya izinyoni.
Ecwayiza ukumamatheka kokubonga kanye nokuqhweba ebheke endaweni yokuqoqa izivakashi, oneminyaka engu-51 ubudala waba nolunye uphawu lokubonga okufanele aludlulisele. Esondela kumlandeli oyedwa eceleni, u-Harrington wanikeza isamba semali – ezosetshenziswa ngokukhethekile kubhiya.
NgoMeyi, u-Justin Thomas wavuma ukuba ishaywe indiva intengo kabhiya eyi-$18 ku-PGA Championship e-Tulsa, futhi kubonakala izibalo ezifanayo zazisemqondweni ka-Harrington e-Arizona.
“Ngayinikeza umfana oyedwa, kodwa ngeyawo wonke umuntu endaweni,” kusho uHarrington.
“Empeleni ngingene nabangu-50 ngase ngithi, ‘Mhlawumbe ngithole obhiya abambalwa kuphela kwabangu-50, kungcono ngibuyele emuva nabangu-100.’
Ukujabula kuqhubekile njengoba u-Harrington evale ukunqoba okuphambili ngemuva kwemigodi emithathu, eqeda imivimbo eyisikhombisa ngaphambi komgijimi ophume isibili u-Alex Cejka waseGermany.
Emakhadini anama-27-under, um-Irishman wafanisa irekhodi le-PGA Tour Champions ngokuqhathaniswa ne-par, elilingana nomzamo kaJack Nicklaus ku-Kaulig Companies Championship ngo-1990.
“Angizange ngikuqaphele lokho,” kusho uHarrington.
“Kumnandi ukubamba irekhodi noJack Nicklaus, ngikholwa wukuthi usekwenzile. Ngijabule ngokuthi angizange ngimshaye.”
Nokho, ukunqoba bekungenele ukubona u-Harrington ethweswa umqhele we-Charles Schwab Cup wonke, njengoba indawo yesithathu ka-Steven Alker ehlobise i-New Zealander amaphuzu adingekayo ukuze athathe isicoco.
Okwamanje, Tony Finau uqhubekile nohambo lwakhe oluhle lwango-2022 ngokunqoba okufanayo okugculisayo eHouston Open.
Idubula ineminyaka engu-16 ngaphansi, lo mMelika uye waphumelela amahlandla amane ukunqoba kwakhe okwesithathu kwe-PGA Tour yonyaka wekhalenda e-Memorial Park, umkhawulo wokunqoba obewungeke uvelele nakakhulu ukube bekungengenxa yamabhogey amathathu emuva kwesishiyagalolunye. .
Ukuba waqeda ukulinda iminyaka emihlanu ngokuwina kwe-PGA Tour ngokunqoba ku-FedEx St. Jude Championship ngo-Agasti 2021, oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala manje usenqobe ezine emidlalweni yakhe yokugcina engu-30. Ngemva kokubizwa ngokuthi ‘cishe indoda’ yegalofu, waphakamisa izicoco ezimbili ngoJulayi esikhathini esingangesonto ngokuwina okulandelanayo ku-3M Open naku-Rocket Mortgage Classic.
“Bengilokhu ngikholelwa, kodwa ukuzethemba uma uwina kuyathelelana,” kusho uFinau etshela izintatheli. “Sengiyaqala ukuhlanganisa umdlalo ogcwele phama.
“Kwaba ngolunye lwalezo zinsuku ngilwa futhi ngalwa, futhi ngenza ama-putt amaningi amahle ayengithobisa. Angikaze ngibe kulesi sikhundla. Ngangigcwele izinzwa.
“Sekukonke, njengoba umjikelezo uqhubeka, ngazizwa ngingcono. Ngajabula ukuthola iW namuhla.”
Umlingani u-Tyson Alexander uqede isibili ku-12-under, i-stroke ngaphambi kuka-Ben Taylor wase-England, kwathi uScottie Scheffler osendaweni yesishiyagalolunye wehluleka ukubhalisa iwini abeyidinga ukuze aphinde athathe indawo yoku-1 yomhlaba ku-Rory McIlroy.
