Padraig Harrington will miss this week’s PGA Tour event after suffering an elbow injury during practice.
It was not even his own practice.
The FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis will have to make do without the three-time Major winner after he was hit on the elbow by an amateur player he was coaching.
It sounds like this amateur needs a lot more practice.
However it is no laughing matter, really, as the Dubliner admitted he feared his career was over following the injury. Instead he will miss 12 days as he allows the six stitches to heal.
Just withdrawn from @PGATOUR @fesjcmemphis this week.I was hit on the elbow with a practice swing by an amateur I was coaching at an outing.
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017
Thankfully nothing was broken,just 6 stitches. I thought it was the end of me playing competitive golf.
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017
I'll only be out for 12 days or so to let stitches heal.
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2017
Harrington returned from an injury lay-off last weekend, finishing in a tie for 31st at the Memorial tournament, having been sidelined following neck surgery back in February.
The good news is the 45-year-old will not miss next month’s Irish Open or British Open (which he famously won twice, in 2007 and 2008).
The incident may give him another chance to fire up that cryotherapy chamber he keeps in the garage.
Knee op recovery is going great,I could already play if I had to.It helps to have a cryotherapy unit in your garage pic.twitter.com/SW4AF4oIq5
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) November 30, 2015
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