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2022 Professional golf thread

Producer wisely doesn't go back to Hatton for his reaction to dumping one in the water ?

If Hatton carries on like he is they’ll never be able to show him with any sound on ? He’s effing and jeffing on just about every shot. It’s got to the point where they’re stopped apologising for him ?
 

Should a grown man really go by the name Scottie ?

Surely Scotties dont exist beyond the age of 12, and playing little league in 1950s or 60s US ? If you were with him it would be hard to resist patting him on the head, ruffling his hair, and saying - good shooting there today Scottie !
 
Fair play to him I say. I'm pretty sure that we have all taken advantage of this rule to improve our lies, I know I have. What I do have a problem with though is dodgy stances or taking a driver for the swing that determines relief is acceptable but then playing wedge for the actual shot.

The instances that bug me in the Pro game though are the once like Mickelson in Mexico a couple of years ago. He was 10 feet inside some thick bush. The camera could even find him but he managed to find a sprinkler in there, daft thing is he didn't have enough room to swing a club to determine if it was interfering and somehow ended up practically on the fairway.

Another one was Charl Schwartzel asking for relief from a sprinkler which was nearly a yard in front of his ball. He wanted the referee to agree that there was potential for him to catch it on his follow through, which there wasn't. The referee just said "if you believe that then you are entitled to the drop go ahead" but he wouldn't sanction it himself. Once it became clear that Schwartzel was going to have to make the dodgy decision off his own back, and live with it, he backed down and played it as it lay.
 
I'm starting to really dislike Hatton.
He's beating the ground again because a shot didn't go according to plan...
He needs to sort his mind out, get anger management help....
 
I'm starting to really dislike Hatton.
He's beating the ground again because a shot didn't go according to plan...
He needs to sort his mind out, get anger management help....

His behaviour is tedious now. It used to be quite amusing when he had the odd ‘Hatton anger management’ outburst.. but as I said last night, now it’s on every shot - he’s like a manchild.
 
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