Ponte Vedre, FL …
Newest PGA Tour winner, Tyrrell Hatton expressed his disappointment fellow Brit David Drysdale came up short in the Qatar Masters.
Hatton is no stranger to the Home of Golf nation brilliantly winning the back-to-back 2016 and ’17 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The Marlow golfer has also won an Italian Open and is the reigning Turkish Airlines Open champ and on Sunday Hatton became the first Englishman in the 54-year history of the event to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Hatton teed-off in his final round just a few hours after Drysdale found himself in a five-hole play-off in Doha and looking to finally capture a maiden European Tour success in a 498th start.
David Drysdale and Jorge Campillo after their dramatic 5-hole play-off to decide the 2020 CB Qatar Masters (Photo – European Tour)
On six occasions Drysdale found the 18th green in regulation, first two-putting for par to force the play-off with Spain’s Jorge Campillo before each player birdied the first and second extra play-off holes.
Drysdale and Campillo each two-putted for par on the third and fourth time in the play-off before the 33-year old Spaniard holed a third outrageous birdie again on 18 and this time a 20-foote to leave his Scottish rival needing to hole his 15-footer but missing his mark.
It was bitter pill for Drysdale to swallow and he later drowned his sorrows sipping a whisky at Doha Airport before he and his wife headed off to Dubai where he will practice ahead of next week’s Hero Indian Open.
Though Hattton has not been in this position he was very supportive of the Scot.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton all smiles in capturing a first PGA Tour title but also sympathetic to David Drydale missing out on victory at the Qatar Masters (Photo – @TourMiss)
He said: “I didn’t get the chance to see the tournament on TV as I was getting ready for my final round here at Bay Hill.
“I heard that Jorge won at the fifth extra hole and that he sank some pretty incredible birdie putts, so he was certainly on fire in the play-off and when someone is holing putts like it’s hard to counter so for David to manage that for four holes was impressive.
“Yes, it’s disappointing for David knowing he was so close to a first European Tour victory and I can understand how gutted he must have been.
“I don’t know him all that well but I do know he’s been one of the Scottish-born stalwarts on the Tour and I can only wish he can put the disappointment behind him and go one better in his next event.
“What was great was the tweet his wife, Vicky posted as that was fabulous and said it all that he can feel very proud even though they didn’t get the result they were seeking.”
