Tyrrell Hatton, Augusta National can be friends after all (probably)

Augusta, ga. – Tyrrell Hatton may not end the reasons to despise The National Golf Club Augusta.

PERHAPS

Three years ago, Hatton said the configuration is ”unjust“And does not reward them good shots. Last year he said he lives PAR-5” “unintentional“In his head.

“I hate him,” he said. “I hate it absolutely.”

This year? Maybe the Hatton and Masters course can be accompanied by the end.

Hatton opened masters with one three under 69, making four birds and just a noise in a round on Thursday that threw it near the leader’s top. Corey Conners and Scottie Scheffler hold the club’s early superiority in four under.

So Tyrrell, are you starting to like this course?

“Do you like any golf course?” He said, smiling. “Just just so hard. Likes like, you want to be here and it’s very special, but at any moment you can just hit a blow and it just makes your head.”

Hatton was in a chippier mood on Thursday, despite a late Bogey in the 17th that turned out to be the only flaw on his outcome card. But he had a good reason to be – he is finally Playing well here.

That was not always the case.

In his first round of masters, he shot 80. The next day? Seventy -eight. It took 16 rounds to register a sub-70-a 68 in the last round in 2021-but this was followed by eight more disappointing rounds the next two years, which included a back-back 79 and 80.

On last Sunday, in his 28th round here, he shot 69 – only the second time he recorded a round in the 1960s in masters. Now, after Thursday, he has done it twice in a row.

What do you give?

“I always felt like watching this event as a kid and seeing boys on TV who hit the best shooting, there are always balls falling from the slopes, and I think my first years here I was almost hitting where the slopes were instead of seeing PIN and I want to aim for it,” he said. “Of course you have to be a little careful sometimes, but I feel like I’m quite aggressive. Maybe last year I did a better job trying not to be so negative in time and play away and try to hit with certain slopes and just go more on the pins, and that kind of well -fed for me.”

Hatton placed a new driver in the bag (a Ping G440 Maxwhich has a faded bias he likes) and hit 11 of the 14 right roads. He made birds at 1, 3 and 8. He added another to 12 and did not make his first trick up to 17, when he lost the green, chipped and lost a brief saving. He misleaded himself in disgust.

Although Hatton STILL did not understand his problems at 15. Historically, is the third easier hole in the course, playing on a stroke average of 4,779. The average of Hatton’s career marking in it is 5.04 with three double rods. He has played three Par-5 Augusta National under his career, but he is one of the 15th.

On Thursday, he put it on the tree to the right, stretched, hit his approach at 13 meters and with two putted for par.

“The wedge hit is so difficult. I think over the years also that Green has got stronger and stronger. I really want them not to extend it,” Hatton said. “… Jordan (spieth), I think he hit 5-and in today, which is okay, he is hitting an iron, but he lowered it from the pins to green and if it goes two meters further, it is out of the amazing shot, but is just keeping the front. Rain, not to have any hard rain, keep going to your feet.

Hatton is finishing his best career masters, as he secured a T9 last year that allowed him to invite again this season. He did not succeed in the other three diplomas last year and has been on average so far this year in Liv. He was T6 to start the season, but ended between 19 and 33 in his last four beginnings.

Usually he is making titles this week for things other than his game in Augusta, as for his antiques on the course or the fiery personality that has made him popular among fans. Now, he has opened the masters with the best score of the first round of his career.

But no, he is still not ready to say he likes this place. At least, not yet.