Tyrrell Hatton makes feelings bluntly clear after making Tour return with "truly awful" claim

Tyrrell Hatton is good successful the premix astatine the DP World Tour Championship astatine the Earth Course, but this did not halt the Englishman from venting his frustrations successful circular two

Tyrrell Hatton took purpose astatine the 18th spread astatine Jumeirah Golf Estates' Earth Course whilst competing astir the way astatine this week's DP World Tour Championship.

Hatton - who made the determination to LIV Golf astatine the commencement of the play - is backmost successful DP World Tour enactment having impressed connected the Wentworth-based circuit successful caller weeks. Victory astatine the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last period and a runner-up decorativeness successful Abu Dhabi past week saw him punch his summons into the season-ending lawsuit successful Dubai.

And his awesome signifier connected his instrumentality has continued successful the Middle East, with the Legion XIII subordinate sat 2nd successful the leaderboard astatine eight-under-par alongside Rory McIlroy, 1 changeable backmost of leader, Antoine Rozner.

Having kicked disconnected with a five-under 67 connected Thursday, Hatton added to his tally successful circular two, making 4 birdies connected the mode to shooting a three-under 69 to permission him good successful the mix. Despite playing immoderate awesome golf, the ever-vocal Hatton could not fell his frustrations passim his 2nd round, particularly erstwhile it came to the last spread of his time astatine the par-five 18th.

The past astatine the Earth Course has go synonymous connected the DP World Tour, with the circuit's run coming to an extremity up the 600-plus gait par-five. Known for some its quality and risk-and-reward setup, the spread has a fig of landing spots throughout, arsenic a h2o hazard slaloms done the fairway and up to the green.

One antheral who is not a instrumentality of the spread readying nevertheless is Hatton, and helium made his feelings known connected Friday. Having recovered the fairway with his tee shot, the Englishman opted to lay-up and not spell from the greenish successful two, thing helium was intelligibly not blessed with. Stood implicit changeable and talking his caddie, Hatton was heard commenting: "Everything astir this spread I despise. A genuinely atrocious play hole.”

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Hatton's lay-up near him a wedge into the green, and contempt uncovering the putting surface, helium failed to person with birdie, settling for a 5 to motion for a 69. Whilst the LIV prima was little than pleased with the finish, helium inactive finds himself successful a beardown spot heading into the weekend.

Despite sitting comfortably successful the leaderboard, Hatton's frustrations continued post-round, commenting: "Pretty akin happening to yesterday to beryllium honorable successful presumption of conscionable not feeling precise comfortable. Yeah, conscionable each changeable felt similar a spot of a struggle, I guess.

"Three-under is simply a beauteous acceptable score, each things considered but people you ever benignant of -- you privation to beryllium better. So yeah, I conjecture it's just to accidental I'm beauteous frustrated." Chasing down a 2nd DP World Tour triumph successful 3 events, helium went on: "Well, taking the positives from 2 days wherever I don't consciousness similar I've played the benignant of play I'm susceptible of, and we're 1 changeable disconnected the pb going into the weekend.

"So yeah, hopefully I tin find thing and deed it a small spot better. That would marque this play a small spot much breathtaking for me, but yeah, I'll spell retired determination time and springiness it my champion arsenic I person done the past 2 days, and conscionable anticipation thing clicks."