Padraig Harrington claws back after horror double to stay in Senior US PGA Championship major hunt at Congressional
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Padraig Harrington is just two-strokes off the lead at the Senior PGA Championship 2025 at Congressional Country Club ahead of Sunday's final round
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LIV Golf ace Lee Westwood is also in the mix at the PGA Championship
On another tough scoring day, Harrington ground out an even-par round that included a pair of birdies on the front nine to cancel two bogeys at either end.
He twice responded to bogeys on the back nine with immediate birdies, reaching the 17th tee just one off the lead.
But he carded a double bogey at 17 from the greenside rough — looked like it might derail his charge.
But true to form, the Stackstown Golf Club icon bounced back with a birdie at the last to finish at three under par, two behind the leaders.
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Speaking after he round at the country club's Blue course, Harrington admitted he's delighted to be in the mix for the final round.
He said: 'I'm happy to be two shots back.
'I felt it could be worse. I made a few nice birdies at times out there. Wasn't great off the tee, wasn't great with my putting - it kind of left me on edge most of the day.
'Yeah, a little bit disappointed not to birdie 16, and then double 17.
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"I certainly could have finished a little stronger. But being only two shots back - there's a lot of people in play - at least I'm within two of the lead.
'I haven't really thought too much about my round, to be honest. Just tried to play. With the wind, sometimes it's good that you just play each hole as it comes.
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'It really depends on the wind. I don't know what the forecast is — if it's as windy as this, it'll be hard for anybody to go low.
"If it's not windy, there's so many people up there, somebody's going to shoot 66, 65.
'You've got to expect if it's a nice day tomorrow, nine-under par — somebody's going to shoot a good score. There's so many players up there.
'Hopefully tomorrow I drive it like I did on day one, which was great, and hole a few putts.'
Meanwhile, the leaderboard is packed with big names.
Retief Goosen and Angel Cabrera share the lead at five under, while Stewart Cink and Lee Westwood sit one back.
Harrington, Vijay Singh, and Y.E. Yang are among those two behind.
The Rathfarnham man will get his challenge underway at 6:10pm on Sunday alongside Sweden's Robert Karlson as he looks to add a second Senior major title to his 2022 US Open triumph .
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