Tyrrell Hatton recounts 'messy' night after clinching Ryder Cup place

Tyrrell Hatton has revealed he woke up covered in his own vomit after a late-night celebration marking his automatic qualification for Europe’s Ryder Cup team.

Hatton, 33, said the revelry followed Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf individual victory and left him with a hangover he described as “aggressive” and “horrible”, though he called the night funny at the time. The Englishman will make his fourth appearance for Europe at the biennial contest, which takes place 26-28 September at Bethpage Black in New York.

"God, it was aggressive. It was horrible. But I mean, it was funny at the time," Hatton told reporters. He said he fell face down across his bed after returning from the celebrations and later woke himself by vomiting in that position. "I had woken myself up throwing up in that position. I fell back asleep in that position and then as I woke up I had sick all down my arms, both sides, all down my shirt. I look in the mirror and I've sick on my face, in my bed."

Hatton said he stripped the bed, left cash and a note asking hotel staff to throw away the linens, and vowed not to allow himself into the same state again. He added, however, that a European victory in New York could prompt similar celebrations if the visitors clinch their first away win since 2012.

The Middlesex-born player, a member of the LIV Golf circuit, said qualifying automatically for Luke Donald’s Europe team had been a primary goal. As a LIV Golf member, Hatton had fewer opportunities to earn Ryder Cup points and believed he had blown his chance after a one-over final round at the Open Championship dropped him out of the top 10 of the standings.

"Qualifying for the team automatically was one of my main goals for this year," he said. "I knew going into the Dubai Desert Classic that I was going to have that week and four majors - five events to earn enough points to be an automatic. I thought I had blown that chance after the Sunday I had at The Open, but Luke called me on the Sunday night of the second FedEx event to say that the guys weren't earning points in Atlanta and I'd actually made the team automatically. I was over the moon, to be honest."

Hatton’s selection adds experience to a Europe side still seeking its first away win over the United States since the 2012 comeback at Medinah. The Ryder Cup remains one of golf’s most intense team events, and Hatton’s candid account underlines the emotional and social intensity that can accompany selection.

He is scheduled to tee up alongside Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth later this week as he prepares for the autumn contest in the United States.