After an action-packed two days at Augusta National, only the top half of the field remains heading into moving day at golf's most prestigious tournament.
While Tyrrell Hatton might be sitting at two-over par, the poor weather and low-scoring nature of the opening rounds in Georgia mean his respective rounds of 72 and 74 were enough for him to make the cut, and surprisingly keep him within just eight shots of the leaders who sit at six under.
Hatton was one of the players most impacted by Thursday morning's weather delay that saw the start of the Masters delayed by two and a half hours. Hatton had already been scheduled for a late tee off on Thursday afternoon, with the delay meaning Hatton was unable to finish his first round before darkness struck and had to return on Friday morning to complete both the end of his first round and the full 18 of his second.
Tyrrell Hatton of England plays a stroke from the No. 2 tee during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 12, 2024.
Tyrrell Hatton slams Reed and Masters officials over slow play
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Hatton and his group found themselves playing behind former Masters Champion Patrick Reed, Im Sung-Jae and Kurt Kitayama for the opening two rounds of play, but were consistently left waiting on both the tee boxes and the fairways to take their shots.
While Tyrell Hatton is no stranger to controversy and this wouldn't be the first time he's taken issue with things at Augusta National, his latest rant pulls no punches slamming both the tournament officials and the group ahead of him for the slow play on the course.
The lads in front have been so slow.
It’s pretty poor from the officials that it took 32 holes to put them on the clock. Yesterday they lost a hole and a half, they weren’t any better even this morning and then for the second round they were just brutal.
Fine for them; they’re not waiting on any shot that they hit. But for us, we stood in the fairway, we stood on the tee. It was really hard to get a rhythm, so it was disappointing that it took 32 holes for an official to go: ‘Oh, we’ve put the group in front on the clock'.
As even the most amateur of golfers will know, slow play is the one way you can be guaranteed to get under the skin of others on the course.
While Hatton was obviously irritated with not being able to get a good run at the tournament, the weather did play a significant part in that as well as the slow play, something Hatton alluded to in his less-than-delighted analysis of his opening two Masters rounds.
The score is as bad as it could be, I think, the last two days, you can hit a great shot and you get a gust of wind and all of a sudden it ends up where it probably wouldn’t have done. These two days don’t give you a fair showing of how you’ve played.
Having made the cut Tyrrell Hatton will kick off his third round alongside Tiger Woods at 17:45 today.
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