Tyrrell Hatton admits his celebrations had him "cuddling the toilet"
Tyrrell Hatton celebreated his victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational late into the night and says he certainly paid the price.
Tyrrell Hatton overcame some very tough conditions at Bay Hill last week, to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and his first PGA Tour event, but the Englishman drunk so much he was "cuddling the toilet" by 5am the next day.
It was an epic victory for Hatton, who held his nerve through some difficult moments during Sunday's final round to beat Australian Marc Leishman by one shot.
This week, Hatton tees it up at TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship, but after his wild celebrations with friends and family, he hasn't quite recovered from a heavy drinking session.
"Yeah, I'm still feeling it," Hatton told the media ahead of The Players. "I'm still quite tired, to be honest. But I was cuddling the toilet by 5:00 in the morning, so it was a good night.
"Sunday night celebration, there was a lot of red wine and then unfortunately I think the finisher was the drinking the vodka and tequila out of the bottle, which never kind of ends well. And, yeah, I fell victim of that, definitely."
Hatton was also humbled by the number of messages he received following his win: "I've had a lot of messages, which has been really nice. The guys obviously out on TOUR, everyone's kind of stopped and said congratulations.
"Honestly, I've still got around a hundred unopened WhatsApp messages. The reception has been incredible, so it's just -- I just really appreciate the amount of people that have kind of messaged me to say well done."
