Padraig Harrington responds after being distracted by LIV Golf's Talor Gooch

Padraig Harrington takes to Twitter to reveal what happened with Talor Gooch in the first round of The Open.

21 Jul 2023

Padraig Harrington responds after being distracted by LIV Golf's Talor Gooch — Padraig Harrington responds after being distracted by LIV Golf's Talor…

Padraig Harrington has quashed all talk of a rift with LIV Golf's Talor Gooch despite his "watch your feet" comment in the first round of The Open.

According to the Irish Independent, Harrington is said to have been "distracted" by Gooch who was "shuffling his feet" as the Irishman teed off down the par-5 5th.

Harrington sprayed his tee shot into the gorse and then reportedly told Gooch "watch your feet" as they trudged off the tee.

The Irish Independent wrote the following on Thursday:

"He (Harrington) bogeyed the fourth, then got distracted by playing partner Talor Gooch shuffling his feet as he drove on the par-five fifth and followed a bogey six there with a double-bogey five at the par-three sixth, where he missed the green long left and watched a flop shot come back to him.

"The Dubliner had pulled his tee shot into gorse at the fifth and sternly told Gooch, "Watch your feet," as they walked off the tee.

"He had to take a penalty drop from the gorse and did well to find his third shot after his five wood flew left towards heavy rough.

"However, he refused to blame anyone but himself for what happened on the tee."

Despite his comment to Gooch on the 5th hole, Harrington has since taken to Twitter to say there is "nothing to see here".

There’s nothing to see here. Unfortunately for me I tilt my head up in my takeaway which gives me a rather wide field of vision. I got distracted by an early walk, which Taylor was very apologetic about and it never happened again.
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) July 20, 2023

Harrington tweeted:

"There’s nothing to see here. Unfortunately for me I tilt my head up in my takeaway which gives me a rather wide field of vision. I got distracted by an early walk, which Taylor was very apologetic about and it never happened again."

Harrington and Gooch both carded rounds of 3-over 74 in the first round as they both face an uphill battle to make the cut.

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