15 Things You Didn’t Know About Tyrrell Hatton

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published 9 March 2022

15 Things You Didn't know About Tyrrell Hatton

The Englishman has gone from strength to strength in what is a short-career to date, winning on the European Tour and PGA Tour, and playing in the Ryder Cup. How well do you know him? Below take a look at these 15 facts.

15 Things You Didn't know About Tyrrell Hatton

1. Hatton began playing golf at age 3, learning the game at a local par-3 course. He eventually decided he wanted to be a European Tour player when he attended the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. He attended the event numerous times, traveling 30 minutes from his home in Marlow.

2. He turned pro in 2011 off of +4.

3. The young Englishman graduated from the 2013 Challenge Tour to secure his 2014 European Tour card. Another player who graduated at the same time was three-time Major winner Brooks Koepka.

4. In just his sixth start on the European Tour, he produced a tied-second place at the Johannesburg Open in South Africa.

5. Hatton's best finish in a Major came at the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon. He finished T5.

tyrrell hatton at 2016 open championship

6. He drives a purple Lamborghini Huracan. It is designed to symbolise the Joker from the Batman series with its purple exterior and green brake callipers.

7. Hatton is a Liverpool fan and has in the past had his wedges stamped to celebrate the teams Champions League victory in 2019.

8. His favourite movie is American Sniper which stars Bradley Cooper.

9. In his spare time he plays a lot of Xbox and one of his best friends is Matt Gallagher, also known as xMattyG whose YouTube channel used to have over 47,000 subscribers.

10. His favourite vacation spot is The Maldives.

11. In 2021 Hatton got married to Emily Braisher.

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12. Hatton has won six European Tour titles. He has won two Dunhill Links Championships in 2016 and 2017. On both occasions he beat Ross Fisher by four and three shots respectively. His next European Tour win came at the 2017 Italian Open which came a week after his Dunhill win. In consecutive years from 2019 he then won the Turkish Airlines Open, BMW PGA Championship, and Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

13. Hatton was part of the European Tour's Angry Golfers viral video.

14. He has earned more than $10 million on the PGA Tour.

15. His birthday is October 14th.

A golfer for most of his life, Sam is a Senior Staff Writer for Golf Monthly.

Working with golf gear and equipment over the last five years, Sam has quickly built outstanding knowledge and expertise on golf products ranging from drivers, to balls, to shoes.

He also loves to test golf apparel especially if it a piece that can be used just about anywhere!

As a result he has always been the one family and friends come to for buying advice and tips.

He is a graduate of Swansea University where he studied History and American Studies, and he has been a part of the Golf Monthly team since December 2017. He also previously worked for World Soccer and Rugby World magazines.

Sam now spends most of his time testing and looking after golf gear content for the website. He also oversees all Tour player content as well.

Unfortunately, Sam is not a member of any club at the moment but regularly gets out on the golf course to keep up the facade of having a handicap of five.