\t\t\t\tWith LIV Golf as we know it consigned to history, Legion XIII star Tyrrell Hatton is focused on getting back to winning ways in familiar surroundings. <\/p>\n
Tyrrell Hatton returns to the Home of Golf looking to add a fourth Dunhill Links Championship to his ever-growing trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n
The Englishman, who is one of only two players, alongside Padraig Harrington, to have won the popular pro-am at least twice, is in the fourth of a run that will see him play seven DP World Tour events between LIV Golf\u2019s last stand in Indianapolis and the European circuit\u2019s season-ending playoffs.<\/p>\n
Of course, there were questions about his future on LIV. As it stands, the league\u2019s officials are scrambling to obtain funding for a sixth season following the decision by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund to withdraw its lofty financial backing.<\/p>\n
But Hatton, as is so often the case, was largely unfazed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can add,\u201d he replied when asked about \u2018LIV 2.0\u2019. \u201cAs I said at the British Masters, I\u2019ve got tournaments on the DP World Tour here for this week, next week in Madrid and then Abu Dhabi and Dubai. So I\u2019ve got enough to get ready for. I\u2019ve always said I\u2019ve been committed to keeping my membership here. That doesn\u2019t change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Intriguingly, though, Hatton also noted that he has \u201cenough people in the background doing what they need to do and that\u2019s all there is to it\u201d. Whether that\u2019s working on a future with LIV remains to be seen, but given his walk-on music in Indianapolis was Queen\u2019s I Want to Break Free, it\u2019s not likely.<\/p>\n
With PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp reiterating his stance that there will be no repeat of the deal that saw Brooks Koepka allowed to pick up his card, Hatton \u2013 who is the 10th highest earner in LIV Golf history<\/a> at just shy of $44 million \u2013 will see his PGA Tour ban lifted in August next year. <\/p>\n For now, though, the 34-year-old is happy back on his original domain.<\/p>\n Hatton is one of a number of former and current LIV golfers teeing up at the Dunhill Links \u2013 notably Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, who performed a U-turn<\/a> and paid their outstanding fines.<\/p>\n \u201cThose guys have had amazing careers,\u201d Hatton noted. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see them playing this week. Obviously they have not played that much over the last four or five years for various reasons but I think of what they have achieved and the amount of tournaments they have played on the DP World Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n And if you\u2019re wondering why Hatton\u2019s Dunhill Links record \u2013 which includes three wins and three runners-up finishes \u2013 is so much better than his Open record of MC-MC-T11 at St Andrews, he had this to say: \u201cWell, they\u2019re completely different golf courses.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s slightly more relaxed this week, which I think probably helps me out a little bit. We all know that I can get pretty frustrated on the golf course. So the fact that it\u2019s a little more chilled out serves me well. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd the burgers and the donuts halfway round add a nice touch to the week.\u201d<\/p>\n