Tyrrell Hatton has dismissed any suggestion he might bring a mental coach into his Masters preparations, telling reporters in a pre-tournament press conference that the option simply does not suit how he plays.
"I don't think it'd surprise you to hear that, I don't have a mental coach," Hatton said. "Yeah, that just doesn't work for me. I just kind of react to the situation that I've put myself in and then try and get on with it."
The Englishman, who spent the build-up to the Masters acknowledging an inconsistent stretch, wore the form line with characteristic self-deprecation. Hatton had finished 47th in Riyadh and 45th in Hong Kong, sandwiched around a tied-third in Adelaide and a 10th the week before he sat down.
"It's been somewhat of an inconsistent start for me," Hatton said. "Maybe I'll play terrible this week and then play good at the Masters, if I'm on the sort of odds-and-evens sort of theme. But either way, I'll try my best, and hopefully we can have a good week."
Augusta marks his 10th visit to the Masters — a tally that surprised the player himself.
"That's going to be my 10th Masters, which seems somewhat crazy to say," Hatton said. "Because I still feel and act like a kid, I guess. And see my experience there and going with Tom — and it will be his first time. I'm excited to share that with him, and I'm sure it'll be a good couple of days."
The reference is to Hatton's playing partner Tom McKibbin, who joined Hatton on a Sunday-Monday Augusta scout in the middle of his two-week break.
"Me and Tom, we're going to fly up on the Sunday in the middle of the two weeks off," Hatton said. "So we'll play Sunday afternoon and then Monday morning, and then go back to Orlando."
Asked, with a smile, whether he was eyeing a green jacket and a return to a full head of hair after years of playful ribbing about his hairline, Hatton was unmoved.
"I didn't realise you needed hair to play good golf," Hatton said. "I don't really care about that, if I'm honest. I'd rather just have a give — I'd love to give myself a chance to win a green jacket. But so far, that's proved pretty difficult to do."
The Englishman's relationship with Augusta has been, by his own assessment, frustrating. He has missed cuts, ground out top-30s, and watched playing partners lift trophies he has never been close enough to touch. Asked to recall a regret, Hatton offered a tellingly small one — a missed photograph from 2023.
"Probably one of the biggest regrets of my career so far is not taking a picture of John and Brooks on the Sunday in '23," Hatton said. "Because we had a 2T shotgun start, and I think it was me and Max Homa went off the first. So when we loop back around, we're obviously playing behind John, and I kind of felt that was the closest I'll ever get to a final group on Sunday at the Masters. But there we go."
The self-deprecation that endears him to a wide fan base was part of the press-conference register from start to finish — an English shrug, a one-liner about hair, and an admission that the next door he wants to walk through has stayed closed.
For a player who gets visibly, audibly frustrated on the course, Hatton's ability to compete in major championships hinges on a wiring he refuses to outsource.
"I just kind of react to the situation that I've put myself in and then try and get on with it," he said again.
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*Originally published on [Golf News Global](https://golfnews.global/article/tyrrell-hatton-no-mental-coach-masters-2026-tenth-appearance). Visit for full coverage.*
