Pressure mounting as Harrington eyes hard road ahead to Masters

Pádraig Harrington must beat seven of the world’s top 10 if he is to win the Honda Classic and make sure he doesn’t miss the Masters for the first time since his debut in 2000.

With the likes of Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Henrik Stenson joined by Open winner Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson, the re-born Rory McIlroy and a resurgent Sergio Garcia, it could not be a tougher ask for the three-time major winner.

The first of five events he hopes to play before the cut off for Augusta, Harrington knows it’s not going to be easy on the toughest course on the PGA Tour outside the majors.