Harrington: The man with two brains

Pádraig Harrington is often accused of thinking too much, but yesterday he took things a step further by monitoring his brainwaves in practice.

The Dubliner leaves no stone unturned in his search for perfection — but monitoring which side of his brain he was using over his shots at the Blue Monster certainly falls into a whole new category.

Wearing a specially-designed baseball cap fitted with electronic sensors that beamed information to an iPad, the three-time Major winner could work out which side of his brain was more active — the analytical left side or the more instinctive right side.