Harrington on fire at firestone !

Padraig Harrington put a bad year behind him when he shot a perfect round of 66 in the BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL at FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB,ARKON,OHIO to take a 2 shot lead over Scott Verplank,Prayed Marksaeng and Tim Clark going into the second round.

Harry,to his friends started with a birdie at the 10th hole and after making a great up and down at the 11th felt that he was back in control of his game.He went on to make further birdies at the 16th,1st,2nd,7th and 8th and with no bogies shot the lowest score of the year for the Dubliner and good timing as he defends his US PGA title at HAZELTINE NATIONAL next week.

Darren Clarke was steady with a 71,Graeme McDowell was up and down for a 73 but Rory McIlroy struggled with 7 bogies on his card and with only 2 birdies shot a 75,11 shots behind Harrington.
Shane Lowry had a tough introduction to World golf with an 8 over par 78.