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Tyrrell Hatton travels well, wakes up enough to lead CJ Cup

Tyrrell Hatton proved his game travels well by assuming residence on the top of the leaderboard at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek on Thursday.

NORTH LAS VEGAS – Tyrrell Hatton is still battling jet lag.

But he’s winning.

A week after living out a dream by winning the BMW Championship in England, and then after flying across the pond and then across the country, Tyrrell Hatton proved his game travels well by assuming residence on the first page of the leaderboard in Thursday’s first round of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.

After causing a commotion by wearing a hoodie during his win last week in the European Tour’s flagship event, Hatton created a stir with his clubs in a 7-under-65 on the breathtaking track in the Mojave Desert to grab the clubhouse lead.

While he’s still trying to get used to the new time zone, his game is dialed in.

“It’s fair to say I’m pretty tired at the moment,” Hatton said. “Still struggling a little bit with jetlag. And you can tell by my voice, picked up a little bit of a sore throat if you like on the way over. Today was a long day. Very happy with my score and I just need to try and get back to the hotel this evening, have a good rest and hopefully sleep better than I did last night and fingers crossed for another good day on Friday.

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“I was grumpy out there, I was quite agitated. Even though I had a really good score going, I was like just on edge. That’s generally quite a hard thing for me to manage. I wasn’t happy with kind of how I managed myself after some poor shots, but I think this is kind of easy when everyone loses their cool when they’re tired and haven’t slept enough. It is what it is.”

The Englishman was a shot ahead of Russell Henley and two ahead of playing partner Jon Rahm and Tyler Duncan. A large group was at 68.

Hatton flew out of the gate when he began his round on the 10th tee and made birdies on his first two holes. Then, after a 306-yard drive, he holed out from 92 yards for eagle on the 12th. He added another birdie two holes later.

“Almost like I was in a dream,” Hatton said of his first five holes.

Well, two holes later he added another birdie. After making the turn, he made three birdies to offset bogeys at 2 and 6. His last five rounds have been 66-67-69-67-65.

Last week’s win in England in the tournament that as a child inspired him to become a professional was his fifth win on the European Tour and moved him to No. 10 in the official world golf rankings, the first time he’s cracked the top 10.

His lone win on the PGA Tour came earlier this year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the last tournament played before the PGA Tour went dark for 13 weeks because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Much of his success is due to his putter – he’s one of the best in the world. And that won’t change this week at Shadow Creek. He had nine one-putt greens in the first round.

“They’re absolutely perfect,” Hatton said of the greens. “It’s easy to almost give them a little bit too much respect because like downhill, they’re like rapid, you could almost blow on it and it’s going past the hole. So when you switch around and you’ve got a few like uphill putts, it’s kind of hard to get yourself to hit it.

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“But they’re beautiful to putt on we’re lucky to have that.”

And as far as wearing a hoodie last week? Hatton’s fashion choice caused a stir and ignited debate on whether someone should or shouldn’t wear a hoodie while playing golf. Hatton was surprised by all the noise his look caused.

“I’m not the first person to wear a hoodie,” he said. “There’s been so many guys that have worn hoodies. It’s crazy the amount of people that obviously don’t agree with it. If it looks smart and you’re comfortable to play in it, then I really don’t see what the issue is. And it’s funny, I reckon half the guys, if they put that hoodie on and swung a golf club, they’d love it.”

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Tyrrell Hatton lives childhood dream at BMW PGA Championship

Tyrrell Hatton won the BMW PGA Championship title on Sunday, which is also his third Rolex Series win.

Tyrrell Hatton’s bucket list just got shorter.

Hatton secured his first BMW PGA Championship title on Sunday, which is also his third Rolex Series win. The Englishman once visited Wentworth Golf Club as a five-year old boy with his father, sparking a boyhood dream of one day winning the European Tour’s flagship event. Now 28 years of age, the dream has become reality.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Hatton. “This was a goal of mine, to win this tournament in my career, and part of me is sad that I didn’t get to experience the crowds and stuff with the grandstands, but it’s just amazing to win this trophy.”

Hatton admits he struggled with his rhythm during the round. “It’s probably the worst I’ve swung the club the past four days,” he said. Despite that, the five-time international winner fired six birdies en route to a 5-under par 67 — the only blemish on his scorecard was a bogey at the 13th.

The end result? A 19-under par performance at Wentworth and a decisive four-stroke lead on the field. Nerves or not, Hatton showed his ability to finish strong this week, birdying the final hole in all four rounds.

It wasn’t easy for him, though. Victor Perez put the heat on Hatton with a blistering front nine that included two birdies and an eagle at the par-5 fourth. Yet, the Frenchman ultimately stalled out, with bogeys at No. 13 and No. 17 relegating him to second. Perez finished with a 68, scoring 15 under on the week.

2018 Masters champ Patrick Reed found himself T-3 at 14 under with England’s Andy Sullivan. Reed bogeyed No. 5 and No. 15 but made up for it with four birdies and a closing eagle to card 68 for the third day in a row.

Sullivan, 33, put together his best round of the tournament by four strokes. His front nine was even better than Perez’s, with four birdies and an eagle on No. 4, while his back nine included three birdies and a bogey. The resulting 7-under 65 launched Sullivan 10 spots up the leaderboard.

Joachim B. Hansen, the Dane with whom Perez had been tied at second after round three, dropped to seventh place after he could manage no better than an even-par 72. Other U.K. favorites Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and David Horsey plummeted nine spots to T-13 after they each carded a disappointing 73.

The day belongs to Hatton, who entered the week 20th in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. He has since ascended to seventh in the Race to Dubai and cracked the OWGR top 10 for the first time in his career. Hatton, who shared a heartwarming post-round moment with his parents over video chat, is keeping everything in perspective.

“The European Tour’s done a great job,” he said. “We’re all very thankful to be able to play golf during these tough times, and I’m delighted that I can be their champion this week.”

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Tyrrell Hatton in charge at BMW PGA Championship after three rounds

Tyrrell Hatton’s third-round 69 keeps him three shots ahead of the field at the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour’s flagship event.

With one round to go at the BMW PGA Championship, Tyrrell Hatton is poised for a breakthrough on home soil.

Hatton went 3-under par on Saturday at the Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, England. His third-round 69 keeps him at 14 under, three shots ahead of the field. The 28-year old has been impressive so far at the European Tour’s flagship event, firing 66 and 67 in the first and second rounds, respectively.

With four international trophies and a PGA Tour win at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Hatton had to deal with two bogeys on the day: one at the third and another at the 15th. He salvaged his scorecard with three birdies and an eagle at the par-5 12th. A victory on Sunday would represent Hatton’s third Rolex Series win — his first two came at the 2017 Italian Open and last season’s Turkish Airlines Open.

“I’ve said earlier in the week it’s been a goal of mine to hopefully win this tournament,” spoke Hatton, who once attended the BMW PGA Championship as a 5-year-old fan with his father. “You can’t win it on Saturday and there are still 18 holes to go. I have to try and not get too far ahead of myself.

“I can take confidence from the fact that I’ve won on Tour before and I’ve just got to go out there and try and control myself, hopefully play well like I have been the past three days and just see what happens.”

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Currently T-2 at 11 under are Victor Perez of France and Joachim B. Hansen of Denmark. Perez, 28, had a forgettable front nine with three bogeys against two birdies. He waited until the last moment to right the ship, cashing in an eagle at the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70.

Hansen, 30, had two bogeys of his own along with four birdies. He also carded 2 under on the day, which could have been 3 under had he not barely missed an eagle putt attempt on the final hole.

“To me, it looked like it rolled over the hole,” Hansen said of his missed opportunity. “I just needed a bit more speed, then it would have gone in.”

Four men are currently T-4 at 10 under: Shane Lowry (Ireland), David Horsey (England), Tommy Fleetwood (England) and Patrick Reed (United States). Lowry, 33, has been Jekyll and Hyde over the past two days — he followed up a sensational second-round 65 with a double bogey on the ninth and two bogeys on the last three holes, causing his third-round score to balloon to 74.

Meanwhile, the 35-year old Horsey put together his best round of the tournament so far: a 5-under 67. His two bogeys were more than offset by seven birdies, five of them coming on the back nine.

Fan favorite Fleetwood, who has six international wins to date, is also trending up with his own 5 under effort. The 29-year old has rebounded from an opening-round 71, carding six birdies against just one bogey on the day.

“You just have to keep playing all the time,” said Fleetwood. “That’s your job and that’s all you can ever do.

“I’m not that far off. Hopefully it’s a good message to the kids, just keep going because you never know what’s going to happen in golf.”

Reed is the most decorated golfer in the field, with eight PGA Tour victories (including one at the 2018 Masters). He has yet to win abroad, but currently leads the Race to Dubai. The only man to go bogey-free on Saturday, Reed notched two birdies and an eagle on the 18th for a round of 68.

“Making the putt on the last definitely made it a lot more satisfying because a lot of things that I’ve been trying to fix or tweak in my golf swing really paid off today and I felt like I hit the ball where I needed to on most of the holes,” said Reed.

The final round of the BMW PGA Championship takes place on Sunday. Golf Channel’s coverage will run from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET.

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Webb Simpson wins again on Father’s Day in wild finish to beat the darkness

Webb Simpson made five birdies in his final seven holes to win the RBC Heritage and slip the famous plaid jacket.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – On Father’s Day in 2012, Webb Simpson was sitting with his pregnant wife, Dowd, who was expecting the couple’s second child, in a small, quiet room in the clubhouse at The Olympic Club in San Francisco when he saw on TV that he had won the U.S. Open.

Eight years later, Simpson, now a father of five, was in a slightly larger room in the Harbour Town clubhouse with his caddie, Paul Tesori, when he saw on TV that he won for the second time on Father’s Day.

Breaking out of a stampede of par-busting stars lighting up Harbour Town Golf Links in a race to beat the oncoming darkness, Simpson made five birdies in his final seven holes to win the RBC Heritage and slip the famous plaid jacket over his yellow golf shirt he was wearing to honor his father, Sam, who passed in 2017.

Simpson closed with a 7-under-par 64 to finish at a tournament scoring record 22-under-par 262 and one shot clear of Abraham Ancer (65). Two shots back in a tie for third were Tyrrell Hatton (66) and Daniel Berger (65), who won last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge in golf’s return after a 13-week break.

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In a tie for fifth three shots back were Sergio Garcia (65) and Joaquin Niemann (65). Brooks Koepka earned his first top 10 since last year’s Tour Championship with a closing 65 to finish four back in seventh place.

Six players tied for eighth, including Dylan Frittelli, who shot 62, and Justin Thomas, who shot 63.

“U.S. Open on Father’s Day, I’ll never forget calling my dad after on the way to the press conference, and when he picked up the phone, he just was laughing. That’s kind of what he did when he was happy, he would just laugh. So I’m going to miss that laugh today for sure,” Simpson said. “But I thought a lot about him. This morning I thought about him, and when I was on the golf course, I thought about him. Yellow is his favorite color. My kids know that. Whenever they give me a card, it’s always in yellow crayon or yellow marker. So still feeling my dad all around me from memories. He loved golf. He would have loved watching today.”

Simpson, who also won The Players Championship on Mother’s Day in 2018, broke the previous scoring mark set by Brian Gay in 2009 by two shots. He won for the seventh time in his career and for the second time this season, as he toppled Tony Finau in a playoff to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February.

Simpson will move to No. 5 in the official world rankings.

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The 2020 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links finished just before it got dark. Photo by Brian Spurlock/USA TODAY Sports

While the tournament ended nearly in darkness because of a storm delay of 2 hours, 45 minutes, the day began under sun-drenched skies with Simpson in a four-way share of the lead and 21 players within three shots of the lead.

Simpson lost a bit of ground with just two birdies through his first 11 holes and then went ballistic with his putter, starting with a 10-footer for birdie on 12. He canned birdie putts of 22, 2 and 14 feet on three of his next four holes and earned his margin of victory with an 18-footer for birdie on the 17th hole.

“Honestly, the last kind of 10 holes were a blur because guys are making birdies, we’re trying to finish before night comes, and so to finish with five birdies like that was really special,” Simpson said. “I think it’s a good thing that guys were making birdies because they kind of forced me to be a little more aggressive and know that pars weren’t going to cut it.

“It’s typically not a golf course where you can force it, but today after the storm, it softened things out, not much wind, we could go attacking. Guys kept making birdies. I was blown away with the scores, but then I hit my run, 12 through 17, and ultimately that’s what made the difference.”

Ancer fell just shy of winning his first PGA Tour title. He burned the edges on more than a handful of birdie putts and his bid to force a playoff from 35 feet on the 72nd hole stop two feet short.

“Definitely a lot of positives,” Ancer said. “I probably had one of my best ball-striking weeks in my career. I gave myself a lot of chances. (Putts) will eventually go in in bunches, hopefully. Today there were some that I really thought they were going in and they just decided not to.

“Big props to Webb. He played amazing down the stretch.”

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Players are eating up Harbour Town; another tasty day on the menu for final round at RBC Heritage

The PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage concludes Sunday at Harbour Town with 21 players within three shots of the lead.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Feast or famine at Harbour Town Golf Links?

Not this year.

The RBC Heritage has turned into a smorgasbord of scoring and scores of players are filling their plates with eagles and birdies and going back for seconds and thirds. With little to no wind coming in off the sea and the small greens soft because they require constant watering due to the heat, players are devouring this tree-lined, quirky course full of doglegs that usually has players on edge.

And it hasn’t mattered that the players were on the shelf for 13 weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rust? Forget about it. Last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge there was a stampede to the finish line, with Daniel Berger coming out on top. Well, the stampede has moved to the Lowcountry.

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“I think people are hungry,” said Carlos Ortiz, who fired 63 and is tied for fifth. “They want to make money, so everybody’s trying to play good. I just think the conditions are ideal, especially yesterday morning there’s no wind, and today pretty much no wind. Greens are soft, so it’s throwing darts out there.

“Once you put yourself in position off the tee, I feel like you have short irons, and with soft greens, you have a good chance of putting it pretty close.”

On a sunlit Saturday, six players posted 63 – one shy of the PGA Tour record for most rounds of 63 or lower by a field set in round 2 of the RSM Classic in 2019. One of those 8-under 63s was posted by Tyrrell Hatton, who moved to 15 under through 54 holes and is in a four-way tie atop the leaderboard alongside Abraham Ancer (65), Ryan Palmer (66) and Webb Simpson (68).

Hatton won the Arnold Palmer Invitational before the COVID-19 pandemic halted play on the PGA Tour for 91 days.

“It wouldn’t be surprising tomorrow if someone around 20th place goes out and shoots potentially a really low score to win the tournament,” Hatton said. “If the weather’s the same, I think it will probably be another low scoring day.

“We’ve all had enough notice to try and get ready to play tournaments again. So it’s not massively surprising to see guys playing as well as they are.”

One shot back of the foursome of pace-setters were Ortiz, Berger (63) and Joel Dahmen (63). At 13 under, two back, was a large group that included Joaquin Niemann (63), Sergio Garcia (65), Chris Stroud (63), Michael Thompson (66), Ian Poulter (67), Matthew Fitzpatrick (68), Corey Conners (69) and Erik van Rooyen (66). At 12 under were five players, including Brooks Koepka (68), Dustin Johnson (67) and Bryson DeChambeau (70).

That’s 21 players within three shots of the lead.

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But don’t forget what Hatton said about someone around 20th place having a chance. Six players are tied for 22nd place at 11 under and just four shots behind, among them Tony Finau.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is tied for 28th at 10 under. You want to count him out? Might not be wise.

In all, 35 of the 75 players in the field are double-digits under par.

On Saturday, only eight players didn’t match or break par.

“I’m tied for fourth going into the day, and when I get on the range, I’m tied for 15th,” Palmer said. “The scores were just unbelievable out there. It just shows you, it’s so calm, guys can go low.

“I knew I had to get to 4 or 5 under today just to be up towards the top. I wasn’t sure I’d be tied for the lead, but a huge day. Huge day driving. Irons were pretty solid. Putting was there. I just didn’t make a few on the front that I could have, but overall, it’s there. I just need to put it all together for one round.

“I think I’ve got my lowest round yet ahead of me.”

He might need it to win.

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Tyrrell Hatton’s victory celebration ends with ‘cuddling the toilet’ at 5 a.m.

Tyrrell Hatton celebrates his first PGA Tour victory by mixing wine and vodka and it didn’t end well.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Tyrrell Hatton promised that there would be quite the celebration on Sunday night after winning his first PGA Tour title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one stroke over Marc Leishman.

“I don’t think I’ll be in any fit state,” Hatton said on Sunday, “at least until Wednesday.”

And Hatton proved to be good to his word.

“I’m still quite tired, to be honest,” Hatton said ahead of the Players Championship on Wednesday. “I was cuddling the toilet by 5 in the morning, so it was a good night.”

At his winner’s press conference Sunday, Hatton noted that he likely would remove the winner’s red alpaca sweater to avoid ruining it and alluded to numerous bottles of red wine being consumed. The party was held at Nona Blue, the restaurant and bar part-owned by 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, near Lake Nona Golf Club, where Hatton resides while playing the PGA Tour, and went into the wee hours of the morning.

“There was a lot of red wine and then unfortunately I think the finisher was the drinking the vodka and tequila out of the bottle, which never kind of ends well,” he said. “And, yeah, I fell victim of that, definitely.”

There were also a few more colorful details learned about Hatton, including the unusual spelling of his name.

“Well, it’s my granddad’s middle name is kind of where it comes from,” he explained. “My parents that play golf, they liked the film ‘Caddyshack’ and obviously the guy was, I think was it Ty, I think, so that’s how they kind of got my name. But in terms of the spelling, over here it would be normally Ty-rell, wouldn’t it? But I ain’t no Ty-rell, so yeah.”

As for his affinity for playing X-Box, which he highlights in his Twitter profile and said he spent most of his down time after getting out of a cast for right-wrist surgery, Hatton revealed that Call of Duty is his jam.

“So I’m actually devastated that the new War Zone game’s come out,” he said. “It was released yesterday, and I’m not going to get to play it for another few weeks. So that’s cut me deep.”

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Winner’s Bag: Tyrrell Hatton, Arnold Palmer Invitational

A complete list of the golf equipment Tyrrell Hatton used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

A complete list of the golf equipment Tyrrell Hatton used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational:

DRIVER: Ping G410 Plus (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana RF60 TX shaft

FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade SIM Max (15 degrees), with Diamana DF 70 shaft, Ping G410 (20.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana DF80 TX shaft

IRONS: Ping i210 (4-PW), with Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120X shafts

WEDGES: Ping Glide 3.0 (50 degrees), Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (54, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts

PUTTER: Ping Vault Oslo

BALL: Titleist Pro V1x

GRIPS: Golf Pride MCC

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Tyrrell Hatton loses his mind, but holds on to win Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tyrrell Hatton lost his mind before regaining his cool and survived the torture chamber that was Bay Hill for his maiden PGA Tour victory.

ORLANDO – During an interview at a golf tournament, Tyrrell Hatton was once asked what his stage name would be if he were to become a D.J.

“Head case Hatton,” he said without hesitation as he broke into laughter.

It would be a fitting nickname given that the 28-year-old Englishman has developed a reputation of being one swing away from self-combustion. Indeed, there were some testy moments for Hatton in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, including slamming his club, flipping the bird, and pointing his putter like a rifle and firing a pretend shot back in the general direction of a pond on the 11th hole where his ball found a watery grave. He wasn’t the only one whose patience was tested as Bay Hill Club & Lodge turned into a windy U.S. Open-like struggle. Only four golfers managed to break par for 72 holes.

Yet leave it to Hatton to keep his cool down the stretch as others faltered to hang on to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one stroke over Australian Marc Leishman. Juicy rough, greens as hard as cement and howling wind brought the field to its knees with Hatton the ultimate survivor, and winning his maiden PGA Tour title despite a 2-over 74 and a 72-hole total of 4-under 284.

“To hold on and win here at such an iconic venue,” Hatton said, “I’m over the moon.”

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How tough did Bay Hill play this year? Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka shot 81 on Saturday, the highest score of his career, on a day when the average score was 75.9. On Sunday, World No.1 Rory McIlroy, who started the day tied for second and two strokes back, came unglued on the front nine. Tied for the lead in the early going, he hit a bunker shot into a penalty area at No. 6 and hooked his tee shot out of bounds at nine en route to two double bogeys and stumbled to a front-nine 40. He finished T-5 after a 76.

“I stood up here yesterday saying that the key tomorrow was to keep the big numbers off your card and I made two of those today,” McIlroy said, “and that’s what cost me.”

“I can’t think of anywhere else that played as hard as this, really,” said Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick, who finished T-9 after posting a 69 on Sunday, the only score of the weekend in the 60s.

Joel Dahmen summarized the feelings of everyone else when he said, “I’m so happy I’m done.”

Hatton, a four-time winner on the European Tour and the 54-hole leader, regained sole possession of the lead after two early bogeys when he stiffed his tee shot at the par-3 seventh hole to 2 feet and canned a 10-foot birdie at No. 8. He led by three strokes when he tugged his tee shot at 11 into the water, made double-bogey and had his melt down. But he closed with seven gritty pars when it mattered most.

“Of all the courses on the PGA Tour, this is the last one you’d pick if you had a two-shot lead your three to go,” said Leishman, who signed for 1-over 73. “So Tyrell never gave up. He did what he needed to do there at the end.”

“He’s good under the gun,” Graeme McDowell said. “He’s not scared.”

Honda Classic champion Sungjae Im, who was bidding to win for the second week in a row, shared the lead momentarily until he hit into the water at 13 and made double bogey. He shot 73 and finished at 2-under 286. Bryson DeChambeau made four birdies over the final seven holes and was the top American finisher in fourth at 1-under 287.

New Zealand’s Danny Lee (75) and Americans Keith Mitchell (71) and Dahmen (71), shared fifth place and earned spots in the British Open in July as the top three players in the top 10 and ties who weren’t already exempt for the season’s final major.

Hatton was making just his second start since having surgery on his right wrist, which he originally injured at the 2017 Masters when he slipped on the pine straw during the par-3 contest. He was sidelined for three months beginning in late November. When asked how he spent his downtime, he said, “I drank a lot of red wine and played Xbox. That was it.”

It should be quite the celebration now that Hatton is a winner on the PGA Tour.

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PGA Tour golfer Tyrrell Hatton flipped off a pond during great meltdown after costly mistake

Take that, pond!

Tyrrell Hatton is known for having one of the biggest tempers in professional golf, whether he’s playing on the European Tour or the PGA Tour.

That temper was on full display again during Sunday’s final round of the difficult Arnold Palmer Invitational in windy Orlando as he had a bit of a meltdown after coughing up his lead with a few bad shots.

It all happened on the par-4 12th hole when he hit his drive into the water, which was a really bad mental mistake after pulling driver on a tee that didn’t need driver.

He was upset then, but saved his emotions for when he got on the green and flipped off the pond for leading to his double bogey and the loss of his lead.

For real. He got angry at a pond!

He also sent another message to that dang pond while later walking off the green:

Golf, am I rite?

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Tyrrell Hatton blows up, flips off water on Bay Hill’s No. 11 after double-bogey

Tyrrell Hatton hit it in the water on Bay Hill’s 11th on the way to a double-bogey. Then he had some choice thoughts for the pond.

Emotions run high on the final holes of a PGA Tour event, particularly for the players at the top of the leaderboard. Even as Bay Hill has chewed up and spit out some of the world’s best at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational (see: Brooks Koepka’s third-round 81), Tyrrell Hatton managed to stay above the fray through the first three rounds.

At the 11th hole on Sunday, Hatton felt the heat. The 28-year-old Englishman started the day with a two-shot lead and appeared to be in good shape after turning in even par. At the par-4 11th, however, Hatton hit his drive into water on the left side of the hole.

After taking a drop, Hatton hit it over the green on his approach and ended up walking away with a double-bogey. He left no doubts about his level of frustration in a colorful display of gestures not often seen on the PGA Tour.

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Using his putter as a rifle, Hatton turned and fired a pretend shot back toward the pond that swallowed his drive. After that, he extended a middle finger behind him in the pond’s direction, too. There was one final, similarly obscene gesture as he walked off the green and toward the 12th tee.

Hatton, a four-time European Tour winner looking for his first PGA Tour title, was 2 over on the day through 11 holes. He briefly shared the lead with Sungjae Im after Im birdied No. 12. Im, winner of last week’s Honda Classic, dropped back with a double-bogey of his own on the par-4 13th.

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