[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = England’s Tyral Hatton has reached the top of the opening game of the 2021 season of the European Professional Golf Tour.
Tyral Hatton tied 6 birdies without a look at the 4th round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (total prize money of $8 million) held at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club (par 72, 7642 yards) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on the 24th (Korean time). He hit 6 under par 66.
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| Tyral Hatton won the opening game of the European Golf Tour. [사진= 유럽골프투어] |
Tyral Hatton, who had a final total of 270 strokes of 18 under par, beat second place Jason Scribner (Australia) by 4 strokes to win the championship.
With this, Hatton, the’world’s 10th’, has earned 6 wins on the European Tour since the BMW PGA Championship last October.
Hatton, who lifted the trophy, said, “I can’t believe I won. I couldn’t believe I won after finishing the last 18 holes. I always started the season in Abu Dhabi. It’s an honor to engrave my name with great champions. Ryder Cup. Participation is one of the big goals, but I am happy to accumulate points.
‘World’s 6th’ Rory McIlroy was unable to reduce the number of strokes with 4 birdies and 4 bogies, so he ranked third alone (13 under par) and Tommy Fleetwood (above England) tied for 7th (10 under par).
“There was never this much wind here before. Every hole was tricky,” McKiloy said.
European Tour will hold a series of’Gulf Swing’ competitions in the Middle East, including the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on the 28th and 31st of this month and Saudi International in early February.