Tyrrell Hatton joins exclusive Masters club that not even Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are part of
Tyrrell Hatton has joined an exclusive list of just three players to achieve an incredible feat at The Masters. Hatton was six under par (66) in the second round on Friday, climbing into the top 10 of the leaderboard.
Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Tyrrell Hatton has joined an exclusive list of just three players to achieve an incredible feat at The Masters. Hatton was six under par (66) in the second round on Friday, climbing into the top 10 of the leaderboard. But his scorecard does not tell the full story, as one stat suggests it was a legendary performance at Augusta National .
READ MORE: Robert MacIntyre’s concerning actions at The Masters another example of PGA Tour’s growing issue Tyrrell Hatton joins Jim Furyk and Kevin Na on exclusive Masters list Hatton became only the third golfer in the last 30 Masters Tournaments to make every green in regulation in a round. The Englishman made all 18 GIRs in his second-round 66 on Friday, the lowest score among all 91 players. He joined Jim Furyk (2020) and Kevin Na (2009) as the only other two golfers to achieve the same feat since 1996.
Not even Masters champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have ever managed to be so accurate with their irons at Augusta. The bad news for Hatton is that neither Furyk nor Na won a Green Jacket, or even finished in the top three. Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images However, it can only be positive that Hatton’s approach game was amazing on Friday afternoon.
Also, while he does not have a great major championship record, he turned a corner at last season’s US Open. His top-five finish at Oakmont should give him significant confidence in challenging for the Green Jacket over the weekend. Hatton (-4) will need Rory McIlroy (-12) to falter along the way, but stranger things have happened at Augusta.