2021 Palmetto Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Congaree

From 2018-19, Tyrrell Hatton made all eight cuts in the majors and finished T-6th at the 2019 Open Championship. All good signs for a young player on the rise. That is, until the Englishman missed the cut in all four in 2020.

Meanwhile, he crept into the top 10 in the world due to his play outside the majors. It became time to figure things out in these events.

Hatton’s making strides with T-18th at the Masters and T-38th at the PGA Championship. He didn’t play an event the week prior to either, so we’ll see how mixing it up and getting reps at Congaree will help him for Torrey Pines next week.

The 29-year-old comes in with three made stroke play cuts in a row, as well as seven of his last eight worldwide. Hatton won early in the year on the European Tour at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

He’s played well in South Carolina before. Hatton earned T-3rd at the 2020 RBC Heritage.

The fiery golfer ranks 11th (.748) on the PGA Tour in strokes gained approach. He’s not a terribly long hitter but has enough power to survive most weeks. A firm and fast Congaree would seem to help him out too, if we get it.

Wide fairways are a good thing considering how good he is from the short grass. Hatton is ninth in approach proximity from the fairway (30’1”).

Hatton’s weakness has been his short game, but his ball striking should keep him out of a lot of dodgy situations. Not to mention, he’s often playing courses on the PGA Tour against a field with much more course knowledge to fall back on. Not here at the Palmetto Championship.

New courses can allow talent to rise to the top. A lock for the European Ryder Cup team this fall in Hatton could give a preview of strong performance on a sandy golf course.