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By DANIEL MATTHEWS<\/a> <\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 19:21 EDT, 28 June 2025 | Updated: 19:21 EDT, 28 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington was involved in a viral bust-up with former pro-turned NBC reporter\u00a0Roger Maltbie at the US Senior Open.<\/p>\n

A video, which flooded social media, showed Harrington arguing with on-course reporter Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round at Broadmoor Golf Club.<\/p>\n

The beef began on the 15th hole of Thursday’s opening round, when Harrington sent a wayward tee shot into a thicket of trees.<\/p>\n

Around a dozen people tried and failed to find the ball, forcing Harrington back to the tee box for his third shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All the while, Maltbie – who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s – opted not to join in the hunt.<\/p>\n

The following day, Harrington called out the American for ‘poor etiquette’, telling him: ‘Never on a golf course stand and look at somebody looking for a golf ball.’<\/p>\n

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Video from the US Senior Open shows Irish pro Padraig Harrington going at it with NBC on-course analyst Roger Maltbie. <\/p>\n

Sounds like Harrington, who\u2019s tied for first, wasn\u2019t happy with where Maltbie stood. But Maltbie wasn\u2019t having it either.<\/p>\n

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Harrington argued with on-course reporter Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball<\/p>\n

The Irishman continued: ‘You’ve played golf all your life. You understand.’<\/p>\n

But longtime reporter Maltbie defended his decision, claiming his focus has to be on his job rather than helping Harrington.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘So I should have disobeyed my producer?,’ he asked the Irishman. Maltbie told Golf.com <\/a>that he was asked to be prepared to report on Harrington’s plight.<\/p>\n

‘I can\u2019t do it from inside the thick of the trees,’ the reporter told Golf.com. ‘So I stayed outside, and then [Harrington] walked near me and he said: “You could help search for the ball,” and I just didn\u2019t respond.’<\/p>\n

He continued: ‘I was very close to saying: “All these years, all these checks I’ve gotten from NBC, your name isn’t on any of them.”‘<\/p>\n

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