“Does it make me a bad person?”: Tyrrell Hatton reacts on getting summoned by tournament officials

Tyrrell Hatton is in Dubai to play his first tournament of the season. Hatton is currently at the Emirates Golf Club to play in DP World Tour's Dubai Desert Classic. After three rounds at the tournament, however, Hatton found himself surrounded by some controversy.

As per Ewan Murray of The Observer, the English golfer was questioned by officials after he broke a tee marker on the par-3 hole 7 with his golf club. The reason behind Murray breaking the tee was frustration. When questioned by officials, Hatton said:

“Just a bit of frustration. Probably shouldn’t have done it. Does it make me a bad person? No. It’s just a spur of the moment thing and it happened. I can’t go back and change it, so move on…. I was told about it in scoring. I don’t have an issue with what was being said. I’m aware that it’s not the right thing to do but in the heat of the moment when you’re frustrated, you just do things that you probably wish you didn’t do…. I’m not going to let it bother me for the rest of the day. If that’s the worst thing I do as a human, then, I mean, it’s not that bad.”

From a golf point of view, the third round was eventful for Tyrrell Hatton if one ignores the above-mentioned incident. In this round on Saturday, Hatton scored an eagle and five birdies to gain a considerable advantage on the leaderboard.

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What is Tyrrell Hatton's position after Round 3 at the Dubai Desert Classic?

After three rounds of golf at the Dubai Desert Classic, Tyrrell Hatton is currently in second place, one shot behind Daniel Hillier. Here is a detailed look at the leaderboard:

• 1 Daniel Hillier -13
• 2 Tyrrell Hatton -12
• 3 Ewen Ferguson -10
• T4 Ryan Fox -9 -3
• T4 Laurie Canter -9
• T6 Dylan Frittelli -8
• T6 Calum Hill -8
• T6 Tom McKibbin -8
• T6 Shaun Norris -8
• T10 Guido Migliozzi -7
• T10 Rasmus Højgaard -7
• T12 Rory McIlroy -6
• T12 Robert MacIntyre -6
• T12 David Ford (a) -6
• T12 Niklas Norgaard -6
• T12 Johannes Veerman -6
• T12 Min Woo Lee -6
• T12 Jason Scrivener -6
• T19 Jayden Schaper -5
• T19 Adam Scott -5
• T19 Haotong Li -5
• T19 Mike Lorenzo-Vera -5
• T19 Thorbjørn Olesen -5
• T19 Ricardo Gouveia -5
• T25 Sebastian Söderberg -4
• T25 Matt Wallace -4
• T25 Casey Jarvis -4
• T25 Patrick Reed -4
• T25 Louis de Jager -4
• T25 Todd Clements -4
• T31 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen -3
• T31 Alexander Björk -3
• T31 Julien Guerrier -3
• T31 Ivan Cantero -3
• T31 Keita Nakajima -3
• T31 Tommy Fleetwood -3
• T31 Richard Mansell -3
• T31 David Micheluzzi -3
• T39 Jordan Smith -2
• T39 Jordan Gumberg -2
• T39 Marcus Armitage -2
• T39 Alexander Knappe -2
• T39 Elvis Smylie -2
• T39 Adam Bresnu -2
• T39 Richie Ramsay -2
• T46 Francesco Laporta -1
• T46 Maximilian Kieffer -1
• T46 Akshay Bhatia -1
• T46 Nacho Elvira -1
• T50 Adrian Otaegui E
• T50 Nicolai Højgaard E
• T50 Joe Dean E
• T50 Tom Vaillant E
• T50 Matthew Jordan E
• T50 Daniel Gavins E
• T50 Nicolas Colsaerts E
• T50 Romain Langasque E
• T50 Jacques Kruyswijk E
• T50 Joel Girrbach E
• T50 Sam Bairstow E
• T50 Marcel Schneider E
• T50 Joost Luiten E
• T50 Dan Bradbury E
• T50 Kiradech Aphibarnrat E
• T50 Preston Summerhays (a) E
• T50 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia E
• T67 Angel Hidalgo +1
• T67 Connor Syme +1
• T67 Marcel Siem +1
• T67 Ugo Coussaud +1
• T67 Bernd Wiesberger +1
• T67 Robin Williams +1
• T73 Jens Dantorp +2
• T73 Andy Sullivan +2
• T73 Jannik De Bruyn +2
• 76 Grant Forrest +3
• T77 David Ravetto +4
• T77 Jeong weon Ko +4
• 79 Fabrizio Zanotti +6