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The ruins of Tyrrell Hatton’s broken wedge told of his struggle to stay on the right side of the Open’s great divide.
Britain’s highest ranked golfer came to Sandwich desperate to show a home audience why he is world No10, and played the 18th hole believing he needed a birdie to make the halfway cut.
When his wedge let him down one last time and dashed his hopes he could not stop himself stamping on it twice in anger.
Tyrrell Hatton could not contain his rage as he missed the cut on the second day at The Open
Hatton furiously stamped on his club in a fit of rage and broke it in two on the 18th hole
The club was not the only thing that had snapped for him. On the 11th, discovering a good tee shot had unluckily found a bad lie, he had already given a spectator the finger and induced a TV apology for his colourful exclamation (‘absolutely f****** b******s’).
Away from the course, Hatton comes across as a more gentle soul, and was a picture of despondency later : ‘Very disappointed,’ he said. ‘I felt I had some momentum going after making birdie on nine and 10, then hit a good tee shot into 11 and literally could hardly get the club on the ball.’
He is not the UK’s best-rated golfer by accident, but has rarely shown his consistency in the majors. This was
