Padraig Harrington got into it with NBC analyst and longtime PGA golfer Roger Maltbie on Friday.
The incident, which happened midway through the U.S. Senior Open, was seemingly over Harrington taking offense from Maltbie not helping his group look for a lost golf ball.
“Never on a golf course stand and look at somebody looking for a golf ball,” Harrington said in the video.
“That’s a hard position to take there,” Maltbie responded.
The two then stepped closer to each other and continued to argue, and Harrington was heard telling Maltbie, “You’ve played golf all your life. You understand.”
At one point during the argument, Maltbie says, “I’m not a player,” to Harrington.
Maltbie, 73, played on the PGA Tour for over 20 years, winning five tournaments before making the switch to broadcasting in 1991.
Harrington’s caddie, Ronan Flood, tried to step in to quell the altercation, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
After some more banter, Harrington eventually walked away from Maltbie, ending the interaction.
Going into Saturday, Harrington, 53, is tied for the lead alongside partner Stewart Cink with the two and Australian golfer Mark Hensby at 6-under.
“If anything, he’d be a little bit longer than me,” Harrington said of Cink on Friday. “But I suppose I know his game enough that I can see what’s happening, as well. He is definitely a partner I would choose to play with.”
Cink, who is playing in his first U.S. Senior Open, hit all 18 greens in regulation on Friday, a stat that he has called overrated.
“You don’t want to be chipping downhill on this course, it’s not a secret,” said the 52-year-old Cink.
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