Golfers can remove loose impediments without penalty under the rules of the game and while they usually take the form of twigs and stones, Padraig Harrington found himself heaving a huge tree branch out of the way to get to his ball at the Irish Open.
The three-times major winner found trouble with an errant shot at the 10th in Thursday’s first round, with an on-course marshal locating his ball in some thick brush among the trees.
After seeing that a huge limb obstructing his ball was not connected to a tree he and caddie Ronan Flood hauled it off without affecting his lie and he was able to get a cleaner swing. Harrington posted a European Tour video clip of the incident on his Twitter page, adding the comment: “PaddysGolfTips. Know you rules”.
The 49-year-old double bogeyed the hole en route to a 71, six strokes behind joint-leaders Aaron Rai, Dean Burmester and Jordan Smith.“It was actually dead light but it looked good,” he added.
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