
Tyrrell Hatton calculated the magic number — of pints (and he's shining at the 2025 Open)
The perfect number of pints, that is.
After a solid second-round 69 that has him right in the thick of things through 36 holes, the eight-time DP World Tour winner and current member of LIV Golf said he's still got a few drinks on his docket as he enters the weekend near the top of the leaderboard.
"Would be rude not to. I think three is the magic number. If you go past three, you kind of ..." he said. "Yeah, two to three, because you're definitely not close to a hangover and you still feel like you've got — hopefully I've got a late tee time tomorrow so I can have a lay-in, as well."
Hatton, who did avoid most of Friday's nasty weather, went 33 on the front with three birdies and a bogey, and then cruised home with an even-par 35 on the back to finish 5 under for the tournament.
"It felt like a pretty frustrating day. Didn't hit it particularly close on many holes," he said ."I missed the green with a lob wedge into 14, which after a perfect tee shot was frustrating, and obviously ended up making bogey. That was a bit of a shame. But it's been a solid couple of days. I'm happy with a few parts of my game.
"I'd like to be in the fairway more this weekend and hitting it a bit closer. But we'll see how we go."
The fiery Hatton was asked if he's trying to become more mellow in his older age, but he insisted he's probably always going to remain the same, even if he let's things roll of inside a little quicker.
"I've always felt like even though I can be losing my shit, I can get over the next shot and still have a clear mind of what I'm still trying to achieve on that shot. Although from the outside it looks like I'm completely gone, in my own mind I still know where I'm at," he said. "I'm 33. I think that ship has sailed, to be honest.
"It just means I get stick from you guys generally. No, I'm not going to change. It's just how I am, how I play I've always said, as long as it's not affecting my playing partners — sure, there's been times I've probably gone too far and you comment on a putt when they're putting on the same line and then it maybe affects where they're hitting their putt, stuff like that, I think that's part of what you learn as you get more experience, so I do try and avoid that kind of thing.
"But yeah, as long as I'm not affecting the other guys, then I'm not going to change."

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