Padraig Harrington’s rollercoaster 2015 season is coming to a suitably up-and-down finish in his first event of the 2015-16 campaign on the PGA Tour.

The TV coverage delighted in showing us Rory McIlroy's 350 yard drive but the world No 3 set alarm bells ringing about his putting problem when he insisted that it was a mental rather than a technical problem as a wasteful 71 left him six shots behind leader Brendan Steele at Silverado Country Club in California.

Whether it was the hangover from the court case, the crosswinds, his lack of aggression or simply human nature, Rory McIlroy will miss the cut in the Honda Classic when the second round is completed today.