Padraig Harrington insisted that he was a good value for anyone wanting to place a bet ahead of this weeks Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. And he certainly looked the part in Round 1.Harrington, who was listed at 66/1 odds prior to the start of the event, shot 4-under 68 at Ballyliffin."There's not often there's value in my game," Harrington told reporters.
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"The bookies in Ireland would make sure they cut you to a low price knowing that sentimentally people would back you. The bookies don't normally get it wrong, but to put me out there at 66/1 on a links golf course in my home country was strange on their part.Harrington won this event in 2007 at Adare Manor, just ahead of his maiden major triumph at Carnoustie, site of this years Open Championship as well. He has three major titles to his credit, but has dropped to 268th in the Official World Golf Ranking.The 46-year-old had three birdies, an eagle and one bogey in his first round. He trailed Australian Ryan Fox by one.
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"If they factored that in at the bookies, it's kind of saying that they reckoned I was playing really horrible. Maybe I should have been a 100-1 only it was a links course. I felt it was, for once, not often you get value on an Irish player in Ireland. 66-1 on a links course did seem a little long," he said.
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PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON: 66 to 1, I tell you what, the bookies don't normally get it wrong. But they priced me up like we were playing a parkland course which would probably be a reasonable price on a parkland course, but on a links golf course, that's a surprise. I get out there quick. NEIL AHERN: Good value. It's already gone down.
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