Eyes deceive Harrington with hit and miss on the greens

It’s impossible to play Augusta National blindfolded but Pádraig Harrington might have to do just that — at least on the greens — to make sure his eyes don’t deceive him when he tees up in his 14th Masters this week.

A year after driving up Magnolia Lane “in the horrors” with his putting, the 41-year-old Dubliner will once again bid to clinch the elusive third leg of the career grand slam and overcome the putting doubts that have dogged him since he won the US PGA more than four and a half years ago.

Committing to his reads on the greens has been a frustrating exercise for the three-time major winner this year, even with the help of spectacles. But having finished 10th in his final warm-up event behind Martin Laird and Rory McIlroy in San Antonio on Sunday, he will be relying on all his experience on the famed Augusta putting surfaces to put himself in the mix for the final round.