Tyrrell Hatton kept his cool on Sunday to claim a narrow one-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, writes ANDRE HUISAMEN.
In what proved to be yet another difficult for scoring, the Englishman came home with a winning score of 4 under par, a single stroke ahead of Australia’s Marc Leishman.
It was the 28-year-old’s first win on the PGA Tour after he moved to the top of the leaderboard midway through the championship.
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Hatton started his final round on the back foot, though, making bogeys on the first and fifth holes before back-to-back birdies on the 7th and 8th brought him back to even par for the day.
A nasty double bogey on the 11th hole put him two back again but he did well to see out the remaining holes with pars to finish with a round of 2 over par 74.
South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout started the fourth round three strokes behind Hatton but slumped into the clubhouse with a 79. The 25-year-old had a nightmare day out on the course to conclude his week in T18.
Dylan Frittelli also found it difficult out on the course to close with a final round 75 to finish alongside Bezuidenhout on 4 over par.
What’s better than winning?
Winning in front of your friends.
Ask @TyrrellHatton. pic.twitter.com/XCJKgPPtk9
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 9, 2020
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