An intense weekend on the three world golf circuits. In addition to Guido Migliozzi’s return to victory on the DP World, Sunday was Tyrrell Hatton’s big day: the Englishman achieved his first victory after three and a half years, the first ever on the LIV Golf Tour. In Cromwell (Connecticut) on the PGA instead Scottie Scheffler took home the Travelers Championshipsixth victory of the season in the last ten games played.
Tyrrell Hatton, $4.5 million Sunday
The day of his first success on the Saudi circuit has arrived for the Englishman. In Nashville, with -19 he clearly surpassed his compatriot Sam Horsfield, (-13). The American Bryson DeChambeau (fresh from his triumph at the US Open), the British Lee Westwood, the Chilean Joaquin Niemann and the Spaniard Jon Rahm finished at -12.
In Tennessee Tyrrell Hatton, together with Rahm, dragged the Legion XIII team, also composed of Caleb Surratt and Kieran Vincent, to the feat in the team race with a total of -40. In one fell swoop, therefore, Hatton earned $4,750,000. “It was nice to play the last holes without having the pressure of not being able to make mistakes. Just how fantastic it was to get back to winning ways,” said the 32-year-old from High Wycombe.
Scottie Scheffler equals Tiger Woods
Much more accustomed to winning Scottie Scheffler continues to break records. The world number 1 beat South Korean Tom Kim on the first play-off hole and celebrated again. For him it is the 12th career feat on the top American men’s circuit. That moved him to 84th on the all-time PGA Tour wins list. Not since 2009 (Tiger Woods) has a player managed to win six matches in the same season. And it doesn’t end there: Scheffler is the first golfer since 1962 (Arnold Palmer) to achieve this feat before July.
Now uncatchable in the world ranking, in these first six months of 2024 it has reached altitude $27,696,858 in earningsof which 3.6 came with the claim in Connecticut.
Not even the environmentalists, with a blitz on the 18th hole of the TPC River Highlands (par 70), managed to stop the advance of the American, who thus celebrated his 28th birthday.
