What’s In The Bag Tyrrell Hatton at the 2020 BMW PGA Championship

Did you see the video of Tyrrell Hatton alongside the 18th green at Wentworth holding aloft the BMW PGA Championship trophy, mixed with the image, 23 years apart, of him standing in the exact same spot as a five year old boy? It was brilliant!  

Apparently Tyrrell's mother had sent it to him the morning of the final round. His Dad would bring him to the event every year when he was a kid. And what just worked so well after the final putt was sunk was that, even though there were no crowds present to roar and cheer, Tyrrell Hatton's Mum and Dad were there live on a video link from their sitting room sofa to congratulate their son.  A down to Earth working class family chatting; an insight you rarely see amid the glamour and pamper of Tour life.

The final round was a continuation of Hatton's super play all week around Wentworth.  Sporting a hoodie look that had everyone chatting on social media, on an empty Wentworth late in the season when he often finds his best game, Tyrrell was truly a man at ease.  A Sunday 65 on cruise control sealed the deal, with Victor Perez in his wake, and others playing snakes and ladders on the leaderboard.

And maybe there's a little metaphor in Hatton winning in silence, with just his parents on a screen waiting to congratulate their son.  2020 has been a tough year, but if there is one good thing to come out of it, it is the renewed realisation of the importance of family.

Congrats Tyrrell.

Driver: Ping G425 LST (9 degrees) with a Mitsubishi Diamana RF 60 TX shaft.

3-wood: Ping G425 LST (14.5 degrees) with a Mitsubishi Diamana DF 70 TX shaft.

7-wood: Ping G425 Max (21 degrees) with a Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft.

Irons (4-PW): Ping i210  with Nippon Modus3 Tour 120 X shafts

Wedges: Ping Glide Forged (50), Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (54, 60) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts.

Putter: Ping Vault Oslo

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

For the week Tyrrell Hatton hit 40 fairways, T5 in the stats, using a Ping G425 driver and fairway woods and averaged 270.5 yards.  With his Ping i20 irons he hit 47 greens in regulation, T25 in the field. Tidying up where he needed to with Titleist Vokey SM8 wedges, the 28 year old then needed just 105 putts total, T3 in the field with his Ping Vault Oslo putter.  Hatton amassed a total of -14 for just the par-5's in a week where he circled two eagles and 20 birdies versus just five bogeys.  He's now a 50/1 shot to win The Masters in less than a month's time.