Pádraig Harrington’s watery end

Pádraig Harrington kissed the Masters goodbye when he found water five times and missed the cut after a disappointing 78 in the Shell Houston Open.

As a desperate-sounding Jordan Spieth shot 73 and insisted he simply “has to get better” on the greens before his Masters defence next week, Harrington had one of his worst days of the year to miss the cut comfortably on seven over par.

The 44-year old Dubliner needed a win at the Golf Club of Houston to tee it up at Augusta National for the 16th time but will instead watch on TV at home for the second time in three years.