Tyrrell Hatton of England made it official Tuesday by becoming a member of Saudi-funded LIV Golf, giving the league one other participant from the highest 20 on the earth and filling out the brand new workforce led by Masters champion Jon Rahm.
Hatton had been talked about as a LIV Golf goal ever because the Saudi-funded league signed Rahm in a shocking transfer towards the top of final 12 months. Rahm and Hatton have been companions within the final two Ryder Cup matches.
The Each day Telegraph reported Hatton signed a bonus of fifty million kilos ($63 million).
LIV Golf begins its third 12 months this week at Mayakoba on the Gulf coast of Mexico. Hatton will likely be a part of Rahm’s new workforce known as Legion XIII.
Additionally becoming a member of Rahm’s workforce are Kieran Vincent of Zimbabwe and Caleb Surratt, who performed faculty golf at Tennessee and competed within the Walker Cup final 12 months at St. Andrews. Vincent, the brother of LIV Golf participant Scott Vincent, earned a spot within the league on the qualifying match final 12 months.
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“We’ve come a great distance in a brief time period and are extraordinarily pleased with the workforce and model we’re constructing,” Rahm stated. “As we have been growing the workforce’s model it turned clear that I wished to combat alongside a bunch of fellows who aligned completely with what the workforce stands for.”
He described Hatton as a “fierce competitor, confirmed champion” and his Ryder Cup teammate.
Hatton, who has gone two years since his final win on the Abu Dhabi Championship, is No. 16 on the earth. He has seven victories worldwide, together with the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in 2020.
Hatton and Rahm have been 3-0 in workforce matches on the Ryder Cup in 2023 and 2021. Hatton went 3-0-1 for Europe when it regained the cup at Marco Simone final September.
“I’m actually excited for this subsequent chapter, to hyperlink up with Jon Rahm and Legion XIII, and to get began this week in Mexico,” Hatton stated.
He was listed within the subject for the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am this week, and just lately was confirmed to play within the Phoenix Open.
LIV Golf now has 13 groups, after two years of 12 four-man groups. Every 54-hole occasion awards $4 million to the person winner, and there’s a workforce competitors primarily based on scores.