Dick Harmon: Despite career-threatening setbacks, Mike Weir returns to Masters, goes to work

Mike Weir, of Canada, watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

“On paper my game doesn’t look very good, but I’m gaining on it. A few weeks ago at Tampa I didn’t putt very well, but my ball striking, which had been the problem, was a lot better.”

As golf’s first major of the season tees off at Augusta National Thursday, Mike Weir is Utah’s only real local Masters story in an event steeped in drama and lore.

And the Weir story is a simple tale: He won’t give up.

Weir has been through a golfer’s nightmare, an injury, surgery, an emotional divorce. He’s had to swallow…