Tyrrell Hatton faces a huge battle to win the Masters after finishing his second round two shots over par – with Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau leading in Georgia
Tyrrell Hatton criticised slow play at the Masters in his last rant against Augusta National.
HattonThe 32-year-old finished his second round with a score of two shots over par, which should be enough to make the cut. Still, he needs to win a major tournament sooner rather than later, as he is starting to slide down the rankings due to LIV’s absence as an official world player. Golf Recognition of the ranking (OWGR).
Only the world’s best golfers are invited to play in all four majors, unless they have won a major in the last five years or received a special invitation. Hatton has already dropped from 16th to 19th in the rankings and can no longer rely on his OWGR to book his place in golf’s biggest events. Yet winning a major this year would solve that problem.
This is not the first time Hatton has complained to the MasteryTwo years ago, the Golf LIV Players called the course “unfair” after rounds of 79 and 80 this weekend.
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This time, Hatton was not happy with the pace of play of the front group – Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im and Kurt Kitagama – after it took nearly five hours to play 18 holes in gusty winds. “The guys in front were so slow,” Hatton said.
“It’s a shame that it took the officials 32 holes to put them on the scoreboard. Yesterday they were down a hole and a half, and then they weren’t any better, even this morning, and then for the second round they were just brutal.
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“It was good for them, they weren’t waiting for every shot they hit. But for us, we were standing on the fairway, we were standing on the tee. It was really hard to find a rhythm.
“We were on the eighth hole waiting to hit our second shot, and they’re still playing, and the guys in front of them have already hit the 10th. It’s a small course. It’s not hard to keep up with the group in front. I understand if you had a tough hole, but when it’s like every hole, it’s a little more frustrating.”
Hatton had a tough time after restarting his first round on No. 15 and making a double bogey (hitting the ball into the water) and making another bogey on the par-five in his second round. “I don’t feel like I had a lot of good chances,” he said. “The score is as bad as it could have been.”
Ryder Cup teammate Nicolai Hojgaard leads the race to become the first rookie to win here in 45 years, despite two late bogeys. Fuzzy Zoeller was the last rookie to win here in 1979 and 20 new players are looking to emulate him this year. And Great Dane Hojgaard, who helped Europe win in Rome, is four under par at the halfway mark after rounds of 67 and 73.
It could have been better for the world The No. 38, who birdied all three holes around Amen Corner in his first competitive round here, came back to finish the final three holes of his first round and shared the lead at six under par in his second round before dropping strokes on the final two holes. “I’d like to play 17 and 18 again, but it feels good,” he said. “I enjoy the challenge.”
