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Padraig Harrington - 2007 Champion Golfer

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Carnoustie Open Winner Praises Advances in Sport Science Golf Technology

August 20th, 2007 | Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software

At the 136th Open Golf Championship held at Carnoustie, Scotland in July, the winner Padraig Harrington was generous in acknowledging the value of the application of new technology by University of Chichester graduate, Dr Paul Hurrion to his game performance.Paul Hurrion, who comes from Warwickshire, began his undergraduate studies at the University of Chichester in 1990 and after successfully gaining his BSc in 1993 he continued with postgraduate study under the supervision of Biomechanist Dr Rosemary Dyson and the now Professor Emeritus of Sport Science Tudor Hale.

During this time Paul was often to be seen playing at Goodwood golf course and reached a 2 handicap.

On completion of his PhD thesis Paul was awarded his doctorate degree in biomechanics analysis of sport. He developed and applied his integrated knowledge of golf and biomechanics when given the opportunity to coach golf in Dubai for about a year before his graduation in 1997.

The experience in Dubai acted as a spur to his efforts to develop coaching tools using a high technology approach utilising the advances in rapid data processing and the miniaturisation of solid-state high speed cameras and computer technology.

Commercialisation of the developments of his company Quintic (www.quintic.com) resulted in the sport science products being used worldwide to record and analyse sport performance in coaching and competition applications.

Dr Paul Hurrion is now a leading international Biomechanist and his advice has helped many golf tour professionals and teaching professionals to understand and modify their ‘putting’ action to the benefit of their own scores and/or their teaching abilities.

Paul’s expertise in golf has been acknowledged with membership of the Advisory Board for Biomechanics at the elite Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) in San Diego, USA.

He also maintains an ongoing relationship with the Biomechanics Department of the University of Chichester through various research and consultancy projects.

“If you take your putting seriously then a visit to the Quintic Putting laboratory is a must. Dr Paul Hurrion’s biomechanical and hi-tech approach to this ‘game within a game’ is unique…The use of the lab’s camera, computer and analysis software, together with Paul’s knowledge, will demonstrate to you things the human eye misses…” Padraig Harrington

Article: Chichester Observer 20/08/07 & University of Chichester Website: http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/services/news/newsarticle.cfm?articleId=729

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Play-off king Padraig wins The Open Championship!

July 23rd, 2007 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics

Congratulations Padraig… what a day!

Exciting to the point of gut-wrenching!!

A superb last round of four under par 67 took Padraig into a play-off with Sergio Garcia for the Open Championship. Four birdies and an eagle three left him one shot ahead playing the fearsome 18th hole, but two visits to the water seemed to have put paid to his chances of winning a first major. But in a dramatic finish Garcia lipped out for par and a four hole play-off ensued. Like a man spared the death penalty, Padraig played superb golf to leave himself with a four foot putt for the title. He holed it, (straight in the middle) to become the first Irishman to win the title in sixty years…

Harrington’s victory, his first Major Championship success in his 37th attempt, saw him become the first European born player to win The Open Championship since Scotland’s Paul Lawrie triumphed at Carnoustie in 1999 and only the second Irishman in history to lift the Claret Jug following Fred Daly’s triumph at Royal Liverpool in 1947.

The 35 year old Dubliner picked up the first prize of €1,106,617 (£750,000) to move top of The European Tour Order of Merit – where he ended last season – and up to sixth on the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ever placement.

“I think it will take a long time to settle in what I have achieved today,” he said. “The emotion of it, I couldn’t believe it. I know it was only a short putt to win in the end but as it was rolling into the middle of the hole I’m thinking, I’m the Open Champion! It was amazing, incredible to see that putt drop.”

“Always my goal was to win more than one Major and if I crossed the threshold and won one, as I have done now, I always want to win more. I’m going to celebrate like it’s the pinnacle of my career but I’ve got other goals to move on with now. I’m certainly going to enjoy this one though now, and for the foreseeable future. Forever actually.”

There’s no substitute for building a solid putting stroke that won’t break down under pressure and I can’t imagine any more pressure than Padraig was under several times late on Sunday. To be mentioned in his speech, I am very proud of what he has done & achieved, all those hours upon hours, late nights, hitting balls beyond midnight have all paid off, congratulations once again.

First of many Padraig !?!

*His 12th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 260th European Tour event as a professional.

*His first Major Championship victory in his 37th Major Championship appearance.

*Becomes the first European-born player to win a Major Championship since Paul Lawrie at The 1999 Open Championship also at Carnoustie – a gap of 31 Major Championships.

*This victory beats his best previous Major Championship performances of fifth in the US Open Championship in 2006 and tied fifth in the 1997 Open Championship, 2000 US Open Championship, 2002 Masters Tournament, and 2002 Open Championship.

*Wins The Open Championship in his 11th appearance.

*Third consecutive first-time Major Champion, following Zach Johnson (Masters Tournament) and Angel Cabrera (US Open Championship). First time this has occurred since Phil Mickelson (2004 Masters Tournament), Shaun Micheel (2003 US PGA Championship) and Ben Curtis (2003 The Open Championship).

*Second victory on The 2007 European Tour International Schedule, following the Irish Open.

*Third victory of 2007, following the Irish Open and Irish PGA Championship last week.

*Fourth time in his European Tour career he has recorded multiple victories in the same season.

*Gains an exemption into The Open Championship until the age of 65.

*Gains a five year exemption into The Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship and USPGA Championship.

*Gains a place in the 2007 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, joining Johnson and Cabrera.

*Gains a place in the 2007 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational and HSBC World Match Play Championship.

*Gains a place in the 2008 HSBC Champions.

*Extends his European Tour exemption until the end of 2017.

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Padriag’s Testimonial for the Quintic Putting Laboratory

June 7th, 2007 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics

If you take your putting seriously then a visit to the Quintic Putting Laboratory is a must.

Dr Paul Hurrion’s biomechanical and hi-tech approach to this “game within a game” is unique… The use of the lab’s cameras, computer and Quintic biomechanical analysis software, together with Paul’s knowledge, will demonstrate to you things the human eye misses…

Taking your putting seriously will then start to show real results!

Best wishes and good luck”
Padraig Harrington - European No1: 2006

For further information on the Quintic Putting Laboratory, please visit:
www.quintic.com/quintic_putting_laboratory.htm

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Titleist ups the ante on its Performance Institute

June 5th, 2007 | Full Swing Biomechanics, Padraig Harrington

Biomechanist and MD of Quintic Consultancy Ltd, Dr Paul Hurrion has been invited to join the Biomechanics Advisory Panel of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI).

The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.The TPI was born out of an ongoing search for knowledge about bodies in sports motion. Morphing out of a private facility that was created for the benefit of Titleist staff players worldwide, the public side of the TPI was first opened in 2004.It is one of the most technologically advanced golf evaluation facilities in existence focusing on swing efficiency, physical conditioning, and custom equipment fitting. It combines industry leading experts, state of the art technology, and world class facilities to enhance the performance and physical well-being of golfers of all skill levels.You’d find that a good deal of what is discussed and debated by the members of the Institute is over the heads of most club golfers, but it’s meat & potatoes to professional athletes for whom the game is a livelihood.There are eight people in total currently consulting just on the TPI biomechanics panel - each with discrete disciplinary skill-sets and in different sports. The idea is that physiological & biomechanical aspects of all sports have information that can be applied to golf. Considering that this will involve processing vast amounts of data to extract valid components, an exhaustive degree of knowledge is needed.“We met Paul through Padraig Harrington and knew that he was doing research on shoes and motion analysis of elite athletes,” explains Dr Greg Rose of TPI. “We look for advisors that can help direct us in each discipline and we try to get experts from different sports that may have great information that we could apply to golf. We definitely try to get advisors who don’t think the same so that we can get great discussions on each topic.

“We try to meet at least once a year, we pose monthly questions to discuss and debate through email, we all write articles to post on our website, and we will try to publish 6-10 research papers over 12 months from the group.”

2007 and 2008 are going to be very busy years for Paul Hurrion. As demand among PGA players and management grows for Hurrion’s one-to-one consulting time, Quintic itself is poised to launch a range of very special training aids under the Quintic brand.

Designed, packaged and priced to have appeal among the broadest range of golfers, these training aids are distinguished by their simplicity and instant feedback.

Paul Hurrion and the Quintic team have amassed a vast body of work on the complexities of the professional athletes’ sporting performance. An innate knowledge of this data firstly enables a biomechanist efficiently to target a problem or an opportunity for performance improvement. Secondly, it makes it possible to identify accurately the common problems of most golfers and crucially, the quickest and most effective cure.

“At its purest level, yes, biomechanics is probably deathly dull to men and women who simply love the game of golf and always want to play better,” says a sanguine Paul Hurrion. “The point is those people don’t have to bother with exhaustive analysis of their game because we’ve done that. For those that are interested the facts and figures, we can gladly discuss these, otherwise they can just benefit by our research… and play better golf.”

The TPI will be a Shangri-La for serious golfers, irrespective of the brand of club they swing. They’ll sell truckloads of very worthy Titleist gear off the back of the TPI, but that’s a given and no secret. What is perhaps a more closely guarded secret is just how coveted a place is in this particular school.

Greg Rose : “We are a private facility - used mainly by our professional Titleist staff players worldwide (almost 8,000 players in total). We do offer 35 fantasy camps called ‘experiences’ each year - where 6 amateurs will come in for three days and we treat them like they are Adam Scott for the week. We charge $7,500 per person and it is usually sold out well in advance!”

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Harrington’s endorsement of Quintic Video Analysis Software…

February 1st, 2007 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington

“Quintic Performance Analysis Software provides comprehensive, easy to use, tools to allow me to analyse my full swing, chipping and putting in fine detail, whether I’m on the practice range, indoors or away on Tour.

I am able to immediately synchronise and compare my swing action and tempo, whilst the use of the drawing tools enables me to calculate the speed and acceleration of my club and arms.”

Padraig Harrington

PGA European Tour Golf Professional

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Padraig wins the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit!

October 29th, 2006 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, PGA European Tour Golfers, Padraig Harrington, Putting Biomechanics

Padraig celebrates as he wins the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit!

Padraig Harrington secured the Harry Vardon Trophy as The European Tour’s Number One player after a thrilling end to the 2006 season at the Volvo Masters where he pipped Ryder Cup team mate Paul Casey to the Order of Merit title by €35,252. A second Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title in October had propelled him into the Order of Merit race, and he overtook Casey at Valederrama to win the Order of Merit for the first time, having finished second in 2001 and 2002, and third in 2003 and 2004…

Padraig secured the 2006 Volvo Order of Merit title by a mere twenty thousand pounds with a last gasp round of two under par 69 at the season ending Volvo Masters. After a horror start of two bogies on his opening holes he looked dead and buried in the race to catch Paul Casey but in typical gritty fashion he clawed his way back with a display of chipping and putting straight from the top drawer. Even as he got up and down yet again on the 18th he still needed events out on the course to go his way. But as Valderrama played it’s usual stern test, all the players struggled to cope with the course. Niclas Fasth bogied the 18th to fall out of a share for second and then Sergio Garcia failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker to also bogie the 18th. This left Padraig with his 30th second place finish on tour and by far the sweetest! He commented after that it was unusual for the runner up to be happier than the winner but for once this was the case. Padraig is the first Irishman to hold the title since Ronan Rafferty in 1989!

David Howell finished third in the race for the order of merit, with Henrick Stenson finishing sixth, both whom which I have worked with on their putting (their posture might give you a clue!)…

Dr Paul Hurrion & Quintic would like to congratulate Padraig, David & Henrick on their sucessful 2006 season.

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The Power comes from your feet!

March 1st, 2006 | Biomechanics Consultancy, Full Swing Biomechanics, Padraig Harrington

“Quintic are pleased to have been involved in the biomechanical analysis and development of the Hi-Tec and Padraig Harrington Golf Shoe. ‘CDT’ technology will enable all golfers, amateur to professional, to benefit from improved stability and balance during their golf swing”.

Dr Paul Hurrion - Director
Quintic Consultancy Ltd

“I’ve always known there’s an art to golf, but there’s also a science. For over two years, I’ve worked alongside Dr Paul Hurrion from Quintic Sports Science Consultancy and Hi-Tec Golf to perfect the shoe’s biomechanics.”

Padraig Harrington

Hi-Tec CDT Super Power
http://www.quintic.com/members_forum/consultancy/Hitec.htm

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