Hatton dismisses LIV tension with McIlroy as talk in Dubai focuses on wines not fines

Tyrrell Hatton plays his second shot on the 16th hole during first round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Pic: Altaf Qadri/AP

The talk was of wines, not fines. Any notion of an awkward 18 holes between Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton was firmly dismissed by the Englishman in the immediate aftermath. 

McIlroy used pre-tournament media duties at the Dubai Desert Classic to assert that Hatton and Jon Rahm should settle their seven-figure penalties due to the European Tour Group for their participation in LIV Golf.