Tyrrell Hatton admits if rumors LIV Golf could fold are now affecting him on the course
Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images After the news that the Saudi Public Investment Fund had withdrawn support for LIV Golf, players’ recent performances have begun to make a lot more sense. Reports said that LIV players heard rumblings of this before The Masters. Bryson DeChambeau was spotted having an animated conversation with Jon Rahm on the putting green before he missed the cut, and Sergio Garcia exploded on Sunday, damaging a tee box.
Only one LIV golfer finished in the top 30 at Augusta National, and that is more understandable now that we know what was happening behind the scenes. But that one player, Tyrrell Hatton, performed brilliantly. The Englishman finished T3, shooting a 66 on Friday and Sunday to rocket up the leaderboard.
He then followed up with a T5 in Mexico City. Speaking after a six-under start at Liv Virginia, which puts him two shots off the lead, Hatton explained how he’s been able to compartmentalize everything that’s going on around him on LIV. Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Tyrrell Hatton not affected by reports of LIV Golf’s potential collapse If anything, Hatton’s performances have improved since the LIV Golf bombshell dropped.
His two top fives, double the amount he had on LIV before The Masters, and he’s back in contention in Virginia. He was asked if the uncertainty about his future had affected his play, and Hatton replied: “For me personally, what I do doesn’t affect anything off the golf course. “Like my job is to play golf, and that’s all I can do.
So I try to prepare and get ready for this tournament like I would any other time that I have a few weeks off. Yeah, as I said, my job is to play golf, and that’s all I do. ” In the world of social media, it’s difficult to keep your mind focused on the task at hand.