A week after the men’s golf season pretty much came to an end with the DP World Tour Championship over in Dubai, the rumbles over Tyrrell Hatton’s behaviour are continuing.
It’s been quite the week for Hatton, who brought himself under the spotlight once again with some questionable behaviour in the Middle East.
Hatton’s antics culminated in him snapping a club, a move which Ewen Murray slammed Hatton and claimed the look was a ‘terrible influence’ on the game.
Further, fellow pro player Eddie Pepperell also labelled Hatton as ‘childish’, as the fallout from Hatton’s actions continued into the week.
But one man we’ve not heard from is Hatton himself. However, we only need to back a few weeks to see just what the Englishman has said about his antics.
Tyrrell Hatton has explained his behaviour previously after DP World Tour Championship antics
Writing a piece in which he defends Hatton’s behaviour and suggests it’s good for the game, Bunkered journalist Michael McEwan quotes Hatton’s previous comments on why he is like he is on the course.
“I’ve been that way since I was a kid,” Hatton said.
“Just quite expressive and you always know where you stand with me. Ultimately, I’m just out there trying my best and I want everything to be perfect and I get frustrated with myself and other things when it’s not.
“Sometimes I’ll say something positive and it just turns to s***. I’m better off just being negative and it can only get better from there.”
Golf needs characters but Hatton’s behaviour can be tiresome #
Clearly this issue has been a talking point in the golfing world but Tyrrell Hatton will know deep down he overstepped things a bit out in Dubai.
Yes, the game needs characters. It needs players who wear their hearts on their sleeves and at times, expose themselves for being what they are, a human being.
However, there’s also an air of responsibility that comes with being a pro at the elite level of the game and Hatton’s antics out in the Middle East became too frequent and in honesty, too much.
At times, it almost looks forced from Hatton and while nobody wants to take his passion from his game and take away his edge, it’s important he at least learns for 2025.
Ultimately, with eyes already turning off the golf product, Hatton isn’t helping with large parts of the audience and while to some it’s funny, to many, it’s tiresome.
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