LIV Golf star Tyrrell Hatton let rip with an expletive-laden outburst at Augusta National during his final round at the Masters on Sunday after a missed putt
Tyrrell Hatton wasn’t impressed(Image: Hector Vivas, Getty Images)
LIV Golf star Tyrrell Hatton vented his frustration at the course following an early setback during his final Masters round on Sunday. Hatton entered the day at 4-under having carded level par on Saturday and an impressive 66 on Friday.
He began positively with a birdie on the par-5 second but dropped a shot at the 251-yard par-3 fourth. It was a costly error from the Englishman.
His tee shot had travelled marginally long, landing just off the green. It ought to have been a fairly straightforward two-putt for someone of his ability. After leaving his first attempt roughly three feet away, Hatton then made a dreadful mistake with his putt catching the lip.
The 34-year-old, who is renowned for occasional outbursts, was clearly furious. Head shakes and muttered words followed before he finally holed out on his fourth attempt.
The frustration was evidently bubbling away, and as he returned his putter, an irate Hatton erupted, “This place is f—— bulls—.”
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Remarkably, it wasn’t the only occasion spectators had to shield their ears as Wyndham Clark delivered his own expletive-laden outburst moments afterwards.
Making an almost identical blunder in the subsequent group, with his par putt catching the lip to hand him a bogey, Clark yelled, ‘F—!’.
Hatton’s round did improve shortly thereafter. A hole-out eagle on the seventh was accompanied by a birdie on 8, which would have lifted his spirits considerably. If Hatton’s difficulties on the fourth hole were in any way connected to the rock-hard greens baking in the Augusta heat, he was far from alone in his struggles.
Despite carding a 4-under round, LIV Golf team-mate Jon Rahm suffered three bogeys on an Augusta National he claims he has never seen playing this firm before.
“Definitely some things I’m going change going forward,” he said after completing his final round, leaving him 1-over for the tournament.
“Preparation-wise and what to do. But it’s hard to say how much I learned because I don’t think we ever seen a Masters this firm and I don’t know how long tease going to be until we do again. Both off the tee and on the greens.
“Have you ever seen looking down the property how yellow the patron areas and how brown and purple parts of the greens and fairways are?
“It will be a long time until we see it like this. Definitely have some things in mind for future editions where it gets to this level.”
Hatton, meanwhile, finished on -10 following his final round to take the clubhouse lead. He could only watch as those following him, the likes of Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose, continued.
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