Tiger Woods, the world’s No. 1 golfer will be fined by the PGA after his criticism of a rules official on the tour at the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio’s Firestone Country Club which Woods won, after Padraig Harrington had a nightmare triple bogey on the 16th hole, according to the British newspaper The Sun.
European Tour chief referee John Paramor reportedly told Woods and Harrington to speed up play on the par 5, 16th hole which proved to be the
waterloo of Harrington whose horrendous eight virtually gave Woods the title.
Woods told Harrington “I’m sorry that John got in the way if a great battle.”
The horror hole came at a time when Harrington was ahead by one stroke even as Woods birdied the hole for what The Sun newspaper described as “a stunning four-shot swing.”
Woods also birdied the 18th hole and finished with a second successive five-under-par round of 65 and a 12-under total of 268.
Harrington scrambled a par on the final hole for a two-over 72 and an eight-under total of 272.That was only good enough to give him a share of second place with Aussie Robert Allenby.
Harrington told BBC Sport he was knocked out of his comfort zone by Paramor s aying “when you’re out of position, its difficult to be on the clock.”
He said “I was out of position on the tee shot, second shot and third shot. I was in trouble every time and it just puts a little bit of added doubt into the equation. It certainly knocked me out of my comfort zone” although he conceded there are rules that need to be followed.
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