Tyrrell Hatton leads after Round 2 at LIV Golf Nashville; Bryson DeChambeau 4 shots back

COLLEGE GROVE — With six birdies in his last seven holes, Tyrrell Hatton is at the top of the leaderboard at 13 under following the second day of LIV Golf’s Nashville event at The Grove.

"(I) got off to a little bit of a slow start in terms of scoring through the first 11 holes," Hatton said. "I definitely had momentum on my side and carried that through to the finish. Very happy with how the back nine played out."

Hatton had entered Saturday in second place with a 6 under after Round 1.

Because of the fast-paced shotgun start that the LIV Golf tournaments have adopted, Hatton started his day at No. 1, alongside Abraham Ancer and John Catlin.

Ancer was first after Round 1, but fell to an eight-way tie for 27th place after shooting 4 over. Catlin is in second place at 10 under after a 5 under on Saturday.

Hatton has yet to finish in the top three in any LIV Golf tournament, with his best performance a tie for fourth place at the LIV Golf Miami tournament in early April. While being this close to a LIV tournament victory may be new for Hatton, he isn't letting the experience change how he approaches the game.

"I'll probably be a little bit nervous tomorrow, but I'd say that's a good thing. Obviously if you're nervous about something, you genuinely care about it," he said. "I'm still going to go out there and try my best on every single shot, exactly the same as what I've done the last two days."

While the shotgun start will be at 12:05 p.m. on Sunday, Hatton and the leader group, consisting of Catlin and Bryson DeChambeau, will tee off for the third and final round at 12:16 p.m. CT.

Lawrence Goss is The Tennessean's sports intern with the Sports Journalism Institute. Contact Lawrence at lgoss@gannett.com. Follow Lawrence on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @iamlgoss.

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