ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tyrrell Hatton has won along the Old Course, prevailing in the 2016 and '17 Dunhill Links Championship, which employs the ancient links as its host among its three-course rotation.
He doesn’t know if that will give him any advantage this weekend, seeing as the course plays significantly different in October than it does in July. But he does know one thing: if the amateurs that compete in the Dunhill had played the Old Course on Friday, they might be out there until Saturday.
“Have you saw some of those pins? During the Dunhill week, during the amateurs, it would be like 9-hour rounds.