'Childish' Tyrrell Hatton torn to shreds by fellow pro: "Nobody gives a s--- you don't like the greens"

Eddie Pepperell has launched a scathing attack on Tyrrell Hatton after the Englishman divided opinion with his behaviour at the DP World Tour finale last week. 

Hatton raised eyebrows in Dubai for a series of expletive-laden outbursts.

First, hot mics picked up the 33-year-old eviscerating the Earth Course's par-5 18th in the second round.

"I despise everything about this hole," Hatton said. "A truly awful golf hole."

A day later, he snapped his golf club after a loose iron shot. 

Sky Sports commentator Ewen Murray suggested at this point that, despite Hatton's obvious talent, it was 'time for a change' as he is not setting a good example for the next generation. 

During the same round, Hatton was also overheard criticising the greens, describing them as 's---'. 

Pepperell gave his verdict on the most recent installment of The Chipping Forecast.

And he did not hold back, even describing Hatton as 'childish', 'petulant' and 'frankly unappealing' despite being a 'brilliant, brilliant golfer' and a 'lovely kid'. 

Pepperell said: "I never personally have an issue with a player breaking a club. They could break 10, for all I care, because I think the only person that's affecting is them and I have no issue with that. 

"The thing that I have never found particularly endearing about Tyrrell from watching him play golf is his constant commentary and his swearing about the greens and his complaining because it's just ugly and it's childish. It's petulant... it's just frankly unappealing. 

"And I hate to say that because to your [host Andrew Cotter] point he's a lovely lad and a brilliant golfer. He's a brilliant, brilliant golfer and that's what we should be talking about with Tyrrell."

He added: "And he wouldn't need to make huge changes [for us] to only really talk about his golf. But, again, we're talking about his behaviour and it's not the first time. 

"And I actually think the snapping of the club isn't the straw that broke the camel's back for Ewen Murray because it was actually quite a benign club snap. 

"It's on top of everything else, right? Everything that preceded that. Like you say, if you're annoying Ewen Murray then you've got a problem.

"If that was me, and I heard Ewen Murray say that then I'd be like, 'wow', and it would make my stomach drop because to your point, Iain [Carter, BBC golf journalist], he is the voice of reason and wisdom and that's the thing that Tyrrell is lacking at this point."

Pepperell also suggested that Hatton's behaviour should also be different given he joined LIV Golf for a reported huge pay day. 

It is understood that the Englishman was paid between $40-60m to join the Saudi-backed league. 

Hatton plays in Jon Rahm's Legion XIII side and amassed $12,030,263 in prize money in 2024 alone, along with a $4m bonus at the season finale. 

Pepperell added: "The whole LIV thing, whether he likes it or not, in my opinion, if you sign with LIV and you sign for all that money [then] you should be behaving at least 50 per cent better because you don't realise how fortunate you are.

"For him still to be doing that shows a complete lack of awareness, frankly, [and] that kind of boggles me to be honest."

Asked what it was like to play alongside Hatton in a Tour event, Pepperell said: "I must've played with Tyrrell on Tour over the years but I can't remember the last time I did actually so you're asking the wrong person."

Pepperell reiterated that Tour pros aren't bothered if a player gets angry or breaks a club. 

"That can be quite entertaining," he said. 

He added: "It's just the whingeing and the whining... nobody wants to hear it. Because nobody else cares. 

"Nobody else gives a s--- Tyrrell that you don't like the greens. And that's the reality so just get on with it."

Pepperell also compared Hatton's behaviour to that of Robert MacIntyre this year.

The Scot made headlines earlier in the season for his dim view of the famous Road Hole at the Old Course. 

MacIntyre struggled to score well at the iconic hole at St Andrews during the Dunhill Links, which Hatton won, and even claimed it needed 'blowing up'. 

He promptly apologised. 

"Once you start complaining about holes and conditions then you're not going to win people over I think," Pepperell said.

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