Tyrrell Hatton is never too far away from a complaint and after a tricky opening round in The Open, he’s had a good old fashioned moan about a few things.
Hatton was actually one of the better players out there on the whole and he ended up just two over par after making an impressive 16 pars in tough conditions.
The 32-year-old was out alongside Max Homa and Rory McIlroy in what was reportedly a group with a bad vibe.
Of course, like most professional golfers, Hatton strives for perfection.
But unlike some golfers, Hatton is also never scared to voice his opinion and complaints.
Hatton very recently confirmed how much he’d been fined over the years, while Hatton has even suggested elements of playing on LIV are ‘awkward‘ at times.
And despite Royal Troon being seeped in history and one of Scotland’s most loved links courses, Hatton had a couple of major complaints about the course.
Why Tyrrell Hatton is unhappy with Royal Troon after round one of The Open
Speaking to Golf.com after his round of two over saw him well within contention for the weekend, Hatton was not happy with certain elements of Royal Troon.
“I holed a couple of par putts, but I think the greens are pretty hard to hole putts on,” Hatton said. “They seem pretty inconsistent speeds as well. And they don’t roll great. So it’s not a good combination.”
“There’s a few holes that are just obviously playing really long.
“Unfortunately, that’s where it’s going at the moment, where they just seem to try to make it longer to make it harder, which I think doesn’t make it the most enjoyable test.
“They didn’t put any tees forward,” Hatton continued.
“You can’t reach any of the par-5s on the front nine. Was it 15 or 16? The par-5, you’re hitting a 4-iron off it. [The 16th] Tell me a good par-5 where you’re hitting 4-iron off the tee. There isn’t one.”
Hatton just has to get on with it
There was a time when it Tyrrell Hatton’s complaints and outbursts were a touch amusing but now they’re just becoming that little bit tiresome.
The complaints here are a bit baffling. How he expects a course to simply bow down and make it a simple test is beyond comprehension, while the complaint about greens is hard to fathom as well, given the conditions make things unpredictable.
Put simply, Hatton just needs to buckle down and play golf. He played well in the opening round and a lot out there would have killed for his score and performance in general.
Bryson DeChambeau blamed himself and some of his equipment for not doing well in round one.
Maybe, then, Hatton needs to look more at himself, rather than blame the course.
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