Hatton\u2019s Legion XIII quartet won the $8.4million prize team prize<\/a>, but celebrations with teammates Jon Rahm, Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt were cut short as the eight-time DP World Tour winner rushed to catch his flight home to the UK before this week\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\nThe subdued festivities, though, added to the speculation that Hatton could be about to leave as various players weigh up their futures without complete clarity over the league\u2019s post-Saudi plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be honest, I haven\u2019t thought about that,\u201d Hatton said when asked about where he could play next year.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve got enough to worry about, we\u2019re playing golf for the rest of the year.\u00a0I\u2019ve got this week, the Irish Open, Wentworth, Dunhill, Spanish Open, Abu Dhabi, Dubai.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve still got multiple years left in my contract, I believe. And as I said, I\u2019ve got plenty of tournaments this year, so there\u2019s nothing really to focus on other than the golf.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if anything should be read into his song choice in Indianapolis, Hatton bluntly replied: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hatton conceded it was \u201ca little bit of shame\u201d how LIV\u2019s season finished so abruptly without its anticipated match play shootout in Michigan, but his rapid exit from Indianapolis paid off in the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor guys that were trying to make international flights, you didn\u2019t really have any time to spare after the round and I think that showed in how quickly we tried to get through some of the media,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo there wasn\u2019t really a huge celebration.\u00a0I ended up making my flight by 15 minutes.\u00a0I wanted to get home to my wife and daughter and have a night in my own bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the rampant uncertainty, Hatton still anticipates LIV to be operational in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would expect there to be LIV next season,\u201d he said. \u201cI know they\u2019ve worked really hard to get the funding and stuff in place, so I know it\u2019s full steam ahead on that front.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indeed, LIV chief executive Scott O\u2019Neil has an agreement in place with a \u201clead investor\u201d that he says will lead the league into a reimagined future, but a deal could still hinge on LIV keeping hold of its biggest stars.<\/p>\n
The predicament facing players, however, is complicated by the likelihood of the DP World Tour resuming fines for those wishing to balance their LIV schedules with the European circuit. LIV is hoping to put together a lighter 10-event calendar next season, meaning players who remain will be required to look elsewhere for starts. <\/p>\n
Hatton was one of nine LIV players who struck \u201cconditional release\u201d deals this season with the DP World Tour, enabling the members to compete on the league without incurring fines and suspensions for breaking the league\u2019s conflicting event regulations. But those offers are unlikely to be forthcoming next season, with tour officials warning players not to assume they\u2019ll be able to play on LIV without racking up the punishments. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrom my side, even when I joined LIV,\u00a0I\u2019ve continued to play where I can,\u201d Hatton said. \u201cI think I\u2019ve shown that over these three years that I\u2019m pretty committed to playing here and I\u2019ve made every effort possible to do that. I don\u2019t see why that should change for me in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrrell Hatton responded to questions over his LIV Golf future ahead of his return to the British Masters\u2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-826663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}