{"id":229556,"date":"2020-10-12T07:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T07:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/bmw-pga-championship-happy-homecoming-for-hatton-spanish-footnotes\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:37:43","slug":"bmw-pga-championship-happy-homecoming-for-hatton-spanish-footnotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/bmw-pga-championship-happy-homecoming-for-hatton-spanish-footnotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy homecoming for Hatton &amp; Spanish footnotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rbc-heritage2020-r4_hatton2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy homecoming for Hatton &amp; Spanish footnotes\" class=\"wp-image-179682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rbc-heritage2020-r4_hatton2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rbc-heritage2020-r4_hatton2-970x545.jpg 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tyrrell Hatton. (PA Photo\/Gerry Broome)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Tyrrell Hatton celebrated his 29<sup>th<\/sup> birthday three days early yesterday when he won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, prevailing by a comfortable four shots from Victor Perez. This was his first appearance in Europe in 2020. The last time he\u2019d played on this continent he had also been a winner, in Turkey last November.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>There were six birdies in Hatton\u2019s closing five-under-par 67. \u201cIt\u2019s very special to be standing here holding this [trophy]\u201d, declared the new champion. \u201cIt\u2019s been a dream of mine since I was a kid to play the tournament and hopefully win it one day, and thankfully this year is my year.\u201d Indeed, although if he wins it again, or whoever does next year, one hope spectators will be there to watch the proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By way of a sartorial footnote, let it be noted that Hatton achieved his victory while wearing a hoodie to keep out the autumn chill. As was pointed out, time was when that sort of kit would have got him kicked out of the clubhouse. \u201cPeople are split but I think it\u2019s a cool thing,\u201d said Hatton. \u201cWe should be open to creating a more open sport. We don\u2019t want it to be snobby. We need to move on.\u201d Well said.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hood have thought it &#x1f3c6;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BMWPGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BMWPGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolexSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RolexSeries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zIOoGkBV2n\">pic.twitter.com\/zIOoGkBV2n<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeanTour\/status\/1315393818691342336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Also concluding yesterday was the <em>Campeonato de Espana de Profesionales Masculino<\/em> (alternatively known as the Spanish Closed Championship) at Logrono, where there were a couple of distinguished names on the scoreboard, names that had won the PGA at Wentworth in times gone by. There was Jos\u00e9 Maria Olaz\u00e1bal, who won it in 1994 but on Friday in northern Spain had to disqualify himself after his second round once he realised he had incorrectly taken a drop from what was in fact out-of-bounds. He would have missed the cut in any case, albeit four shots ahead of the most famous name in Spanish golf: Ballesteros. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>Seve Ballesteros won the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1991. The guy teeing it up at Logrono was his 30-year-old son, Javier, who would not have been happy to have failed to make the weekend. In fact, he didn\u2019t even finish low Ballesteros. One Manuel Ballesteros (no, not Seve\u2019s brother, but the son of, therefore Javier\u2019s cousin) finished four shots better. There was small consolation for Javier in that he finished three shots better than Miguel Angel Jimenez, the eldest son of\u2026 well, I\u2019m sure you can figure that one out. On reflection, to reduce the likelihood of confusion, one can see why the Spanish are keen on the use of matronyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, having referenced Seve and Ollie, two Spaniards to have won the Masters, I\u2019ll leave you with the third, Sergio Garcia Fernandez. Last night he finished tied 43rd at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on the PGA Tour<a href=\"\/the-uspga-championships-dark-non-black-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\". (opens in a new tab)\">.<\/a> (The winner was Scotland\u2019s Martin Laird.) Nothing too remarkable about that, agreed, except for one stat to emanate from the tournament. The cut fell at six under par. Yes, under. Since the PGA Tour began keeping detailed records in 1970, the mark has never previously been that low. What was that old phrase \u2013 \u201cthese guys are good\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><em>You can follow Robert Green on Twitter @robrtgreen and enjoy his other blog\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/f-factors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">f-factors.com<\/a> plus you can read more by him on golf at robertgreengolf.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a dream of mine since I was a kid to play the tournament and hopefully win it one day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":179682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9324],"tags":[387,116,88,439,5683,1071,89,5608,117,3270,4646],"class_list":["post-229556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-bmw-pga-championship","tag-golf-blog","tag-golf-news","tag-jose-maria-olazabal","tag-logrono-golf-club","tag-miguel-angel-jimenez","tag-news","tag-october-2020","tag-robert-green","tag-tyrrell-hatton","tag-wentworth-golf-club"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy homecoming for Hatton &amp; 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