Tyrrell Hatton: The Masters and strange superstitions

You have some strange golfing superstitions don’t you?

It’s really weird. Sometimes I’ll mark the scorecard and on the next hole I’ll make a bogey. So I’ll go through a phase of not marking the scorecard for like 10 holes.

Can you not get your caddie to do it?

He’s got enough on his plate without having to mark the card as well.

And you generally make a birdie after eating a banana?

I have noticed that. That is always strange.

Are you generally superstitious?

No, but maybe I think differently on the golf course.

Are you a different person on and off the course?

Yes I think so. I mean I would say I come across on the course probably quite intense and stuff but off it I’m pretty relaxed, pretty shy.

If you were to rate each element of your game out of 10 how would you rate them?

Driving 7, irons 7, short game 8, putting 7. I might change my putting to a 6.

And your mental game?

On a good day I’d say 6.

And a bad one?

3.

You said that the tournaments you’ve played well in were due to a balanced mind. Was that the key to last year?

Obviously there were a few times where I was really frustrated. We all make mistakes but the key is that we learn from them. The majority of last year I did better because that’s obviously one of the issues I had.

You changed your caddie at the beginning of the year to Chris Rice. How much did that help and how big a part did he play in your success?

I’ve got a lot of trust in him and we had a fantastic first year together. In Scotland I was going out in the final round leading by three and he had been in that position plenty of times so that certainly helped. We all focus a lot on who is winning and who has not won.

 

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