Sky Sports commentator slams Tyrrell Hatton's 'terrible' attitude in wild round

Tyrrell Hatton remains successful the hunt to triumph the DP World Tour Championship, but his efforts astatine the play finale person not been without controversy, particularly successful circular three

Tyrrell Hatton was slammed by Sky Sports Golf commentator Ewen Murray, aft the LIV Golf prima was seen snapping a nine during the 3rd circular of the DP World Tour Championship.

Hatton - who has made his instrumentality to the Tour successful caller months - is looking to triumph his 2nd lawsuit successful 3 starts, having prevailed successful the at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship for a 3rd clip past month. A runner-up decorativeness successful Abu Dhabi past play has since been followed up with much awesome golf this week.

After 54 holes, the Englishman finds himself good successful the hunt astatine the Earth Course, sitting nine-under-par successful sixth, conscionable 3 shots backmost of the starring battalion of Rory McIlroy, Antoine Rozner and Rasmus Hojgaard.

Despite being successful the mix, Hatton's frustrations person been wide passim the week, nary much truthful than successful his 3rd circular connected Saturday. Having laid up connected the par-five 14th, the Englishman deed his 3rd changeable from the mediate of the fairway but failed to find his best, missing the greenish left.

Ever the fiery character, Hatton was little than impressed than his effort, and decided to instrumentality his frustrations retired connected his club, snapping the shaft successful two. It is thing caller to spot the LIV star's temper boil implicit connected the play course, but this clip astir commentator Murray was near disgusted by his actions.

"Oh no. It is clip for alteration I americium afraid," the seasoned caller said of Hatton's antics. "That is simply a unspeakable power connected the adjacent generation. I americium atrocious to accidental and I americium his biggest instrumentality arsenic a golfer." As a item of the nine interruption was shown connected screen, Murray added: "Just person a look astatine this.

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"Why? Why would you bash that." In emblematic Hatton manner helium past showed the different broadside of his crippled conscionable moments later, making amends of his earlier mistake by chipping successful for birdie with the precise adjacent shot. The birdie astatine 14 would beryllium his past of the day, arsenic Hatton parred his mode successful to motion for a one-under 71.

Commentator, Murray was not the lone antheral to criticise Hatton's actions, with Sky Sports pundit - and erstwhile Ryder Cup skipper - Paul McGinley highliting the Englishman's mediocre etiquette. "Tyrrell is not the atrocious feline helium comes crossed here," McGinley explained: "But his behaviour is not acceptable from what we person seen.

"I deliberation contiguous erstwhile helium cools down, and his squad and woman person words with him, determination volition beryllium a batch of humble pie. He volition beryllium truly embarrassed with what helium did contiguous and however behaved. He volition know, you astir deed stone bottommost earlier you determine you person got to bash thing astir this, and I deliberation this could beryllium a time wherever helium realises, 'You know, I person got to change. This is not acceptable'."