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The difference this year is that Harrington needs to have more than a good time. The three-time major champion has been sliding since that magical 2008 season when he captured the British Open and PGA Championship. He now is No. 93 in the world, meaning he is not yet eligible for a pair of World Golf Championships over the next month.
That becomes more critical because this is a Ryder Cup year. Harrington was a surprise captain's pick for Wales in 2010. Considering this might be the toughest European team ever to make, he's not at the top of anyone's list.
He'll need world ranking points - a lot of them - and that means playing well.
`There's no doubt I'm behind the eight-ball at this stage,'' Harrington said Wednesday. ``I haven't got very many points. It's not going to be a year that I can play well and get into it. I'm going to have to play great to get into the team. I'm not going to be able to pick up easy points and qualify that way. I'm going to have to actually really play well to force my way in.''
The cause of this slump can be traced to swing changes, though Harrington says that's not the case. He says he discovered last summer that the game had simply become stale.
So why does the swing change get so much attention.
``I talk too much,'' he said. ``It's an Irish trait. I did what I normally do. I talked.''
As for the swing, he always is changing that.
Harrington said he revamped his swing after he first got his European Tour card. He adjusted his swing after winning his first major at Carnoustie in the 2007 British Open. He did it again after winning two majors a year later.
``I made a massive change with Bob Torrance in `99,'' he said. ``When I won in Carnoustie, I was playing with a draw. When I won in Birkdale, I was trying to play with a fade. So I continually changed. But after 2008, I talked about it.
Davis Love III is making his 27th start at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am.
He was part of the washout in 1996 when the tournament was canceled because only 36 holes could be completed. He was there in 1998, when players had to return in August to get in three rounds and make it official. He won in 2001 and 2003 in good weather. He has been part of 54-hole events won by Payne Stewart and Dustin Johnson.
Even someone of his experience realizes this week is something special.
``I've never seen three golf courses in this good of shape,'' Love said. ``Guys that have played a lot this year said these are the best greens they've seen so far this year. You don't usually hear that when you get to Pebble Spyglass.
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