The Players: Even Tyrrell Hatton, who parachuted to an amazing runner-up finish at The Players, acknowledged that he was taken aback by the outcome.
Hatton shot a 36 on Sunday after making a bogey at the par-five ninth, leaving him nine strokes off the lead going into the final round. Nevertheless, the TPC Sawgrass back nine allowed him to climb the leaderboard and move into the top 30.
The Englishman matched the lowest back-nine total in tournament history by converting from six feet at the driveable 12th after making a 20-foot birdie at the 10th. Hatton also responded to a missed opportunity from 10 feet at the next hole by making birdies on each of the next five holes.
Hatton set the clubhouse goal with a back-nine score of 29, which was good for second place as Scottie Scheffler finished with a dominant five-shot victory to regain the world No. 1 ranking.
No, especially with the way I was hitting it off the tee on the front nine, Hatton responded when asked if he had anticipated such a strong finish to the PGA Tour’s marquee competition. So, I guess the final two and a half hours from the 10th tee were simply really frustrating.
“Very pleased with the outcome. Well, fantastic work today. I believe you would accept if I stated you would place second in the competition and you wouldn’t have to play the back nine!
Hatton, 31, is anticipated to climb within the top 30 in the FedExCup rankings following his impressive performance, which comes on the heels of a top-six finish at the WM Phoenix Open in February and a tie for fourth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
After competing in the tournament at Bay Hill for as long as I did on Sunday, Hatton remarked, “I made a comment at the beginning of this week that to only wind up with 110 [FedExCup] points was disappointing.”
“Every year, everyone tries to rack up the most points. Nothing has changed this year. I may be playing in my sixth FedEx event of the season, so I’m catching up to many players who have already played a lot of golf.
“In the same situation as some of the European fellas, we play DP World content towards the end of the year and miss some events in the United States. So, yes, I’m just out there trying to accumulate as many points as I can in order to position myself well for the following year.”
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