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Associated Press
Jun 28, 2025, 04:34 PM ET
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course newsman Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a mislaid shot during his opening circular is generating buzz astatine the U.S. Senior Open.
"Never connected a play people basal and look astatine idiosyncratic looking for a play ball," Harrington is seen telling Maltbie connected video captured by a section TV newsman extracurricular the scoring area. "You've played play each your life. You understand."
The statement stemmed from Thursday's round, erstwhile Harrington teed disconnected into a thicket of trees connected the 15th hole. After astir a twelve radical unsuccessfully searched for the allowed 3 minutes, Harrington went backmost to the tee container for his 3rd shot. He ended up redeeming bogey, and went into the play tied for the lead.
Maltbie, the longtime on-course newsman who played connected the PGA Tour successful the 1970s and '80s, was successful the area. He told Golf.com connected Saturday helium was being asked to study connected the script and couldn't measurement distant from his occupation to assistance successful the search.
A time aft the episode, Harrington and Maltbie aired retired their differences adjacent the scoring area.
Maltbie tin beryllium heard telling Harrington, "So I should person disobeyed my producer?"
In the interrogation with Golf.com, helium said: "I was precise adjacent to saying, 'All these years, each these checks I've gotten from NBC, your sanction isn't connected immoderate of them."
