Padraig Harrington found himself inside the top 30 as the first round of the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld drew to a close on Thursday night.
With a few late starters still out on the course, Harrington finished the day on three-under par, four shots off clubhouse leaders Harry Hall of England and Germany’s Jeremy Paul who sat on seven-under par after openings 64s.
Despite a double bogey blotting his card, Harrington strung together a fine round that contained six birdies in all.
He got off to a nice start with an opening birdie after sticking his approach inside 10 feet and while he would give that shot back after leaking right at the fourth, back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh saw him out in 33.
His back nine started in…