Tyrrell Hatton faced questions from tournament officials after venting his frustration on the 7th hole in Dubai by smashing a plastic tee marker with his club.
“Just a bit of frustration. Probably shouldn’t have done it. Does it make me a bad person? No. It’s just a spur-of-the-moment thing, and it happened. I can’t go back and change it, so move on.
“I was told about it in scoring. I’m aware it’s not the right thing to do, but in the heat of the moment, you just do things you probably wish you didn’t.
“I’m not going to let it bother me for the rest of the day. If that’s the worst thing I do as a human, then, I mean, it’s not that bad.”
Via Ewan Murray / The Observer