{"id":402786,"date":"2024-06-14T00:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402786"},"modified":"2024-06-14T04:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T04:06:53","slug":"liv-star-left-red-faced-after-temper-tantrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402786","title":{"rendered":"LIV star left red-faced after temper tantrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIV Golf's<\/a> Tyrrell Hatton spat the dummy prematurely during the opening round of the US Open at Pinehurst<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the 213 yard par-3 17th hole, Hatton, who has a history of losing his cool on the course, thought he was headed for the bunker after his tee shot and couldn't contain his frustration.<\/p>\n

As the ball sailed into the air,\ufeff Hatton dropped his club and then kicked at, without paying any attention to where the ball may actually land.<\/p>\n

After abusing his club, Hatton looked up and noticed the ball had actually bypassed the bunker and made it onto the green, landing within a couple of metres\ufeff of the cup.<\/p>\n

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He went on to put a nine foot putt into the hole for a birdie to sit at two under for the round at the time.<\/p>\n

Hatton stayed on that score for a first round total of 68 to put the Englishman in sixth position.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Hatton is no stranger to letting his emotions get the better of him on the golf course.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he went on rant after a tee shot in Miami.<\/p>\n

"That can reach those trees, can't it?' Hatton was heard asking. 'F—ing what a w–k bounce that was… if it f—ing bounces left it's fine."<\/p>\n

Hatton's rant continued as he bent down to pick up his tee. "F— you," he said to himself. "F—ing c–t'."<\/p>\n

Meantime, Ludvig Aberg\u2019s US Open debut couldn\u2019t have gone much better.<\/p>\n

And if the 24-year-old Swede can maintain his ball-striking ability over the next 54 holes, he has a chance to become the first rookie to win the tournament in more than a century.<\/p>\n

Aberg fought off some pre-round nerves and hit all 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens at the Pinehurst\u2019s difficult No.2 course to shoot 4-under 66, leaving the budding star in contention for his first major championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll absolutely take it,\u201d Ludvig said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very pleased, obviously. I wouldn\u2019t want to have to do it again."<\/p>\n

Not since Francis Ouimet beat Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff in 1913 has a first-time participant won the US Open.<\/p>\n

Aberg\u2019s success doesn\u2019t come as a huge surprise. He finished second at the Masters last month and is ranked sixth in world.<\/p>\n

Tony Finau said he'd never played with Aberg before, and walked away impressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, he\u2019s a strike show,\u201d said Finau, who shot 67. \u201cHe\u2019s far from a rookie. I mean, he\u2019s not even your average first guy playing in a major championship. He\u2019s been on some of the biggest stages already and shown he\u2019s going to be a world-class player. It was a joy to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aberg averaged 321 yards off the tee, outpacing the remainder of the field. But it was his accuracy that stood out in round one.<\/p>\n

His focus coming into the day was to stay disciplined, and he did just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of pins where you don\u2019t really think about going for,\u201d Aberg said. \u201cMy caddie and I had a lot of good conversations about certain areas that you try to hit it on. It\u2019s difficult to be very, very precise with the numbers and those things. But try to get a gauge on where to hit it, where to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said that isn't always easy to do at Pinehurst, where the margin for error is thin.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially when you have a wedge in your hand or something like that where normally you would go at the pin, but you can\u2019t really do that here,\u201d Aberg said. \u201cIt\u2019s the US Open, it\u2019s supposed to be hard."<\/p>\n

Aberg never made it look hard.<\/p>\n

The player that Rory McIlroy has called golf's next big star played with a calm confidence, never getting rattled or intimidated by Pinehurst's fast, bowl-shaped greens.<\/p>\n

Aberg, though, admitted he was little bit worried coming into the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always nervous when I\u2019m playing tournament golf,\u201d said Aberg, who has one win on the European Tour and one on the PGA Tour. \u201cI think that\u2019s the way it\u2019s supposed to be. I think the day when I\u2019m not nervous, it\u2019s not a good sign. Obviously, a lot of butterflies this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aberg seemed unfazed by failing to make the cut last month at the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

And his 66 puts him in position where he doesn\u2019t have a chase a number and can focus on his own game \u2014 and a shot at a historic victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to manage our way around the golf course,\u201d Aberg said. \u201cObviously today I executed it very nicely, and that\u2019s maybe not always going to be the case. Pinehurst is hard as it is. It\u2019s going to be difficult, it\u2019s going to be tricky. All we try to do is just hit as many good shots as we can to the areas that we\u2019re playing for, then see where that adds up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not such great news\ufeff for \ufeffTiger Woods, who started off with a birdie, putting him into the red and atop the leaderboard, and turning back the clock 25 years to when a phenom still on the rise first played the national championship at Pinehurst No.2.<\/p>\n

The next 17 holes, however, contrasted the player he once was with the player he is now.<\/p>\n

Woods drove the ball exceptionally well, threading narrow fairways flanked on each side by native grasses, and he made a couple of long putts to save pars.<\/p>\n

But he also hit far too many wayward iron shots on a course that demands accuracy, and his deft touch around the greens abandoned him more than once on the way to a 4-over 74 in the opening round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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