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Sat 11 Nov 2009Closing double-bogey seven costs Harrington the lead
GOLF DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:THE 18th hole here at The Earth course is a curious beast, one you either love or hate. It measures a prohibitive par-five of 620 yards, with the challenge accentuated by a rocky creek which runs through the middle of the fairway and, finally, reaches its source at the back of the green.
Yesterday, when Pádraig Harrington strode onto the tee, he did so as leader of the tournament. A second round that had been ignited by a reaction to back-to-back bogeys at the fourth and fifth saw the Dubliner eagle the seventh (a hybrid from 221 yards to four feet), and then claim a further four birdies along the way to move into the lead on his own.
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