(Reuters) – Tyrrell Hatton defended his alternative of clothes at this week’s BMW PGA Championship after the hoodies he sported throughout the event divided opinion amongst golf followers on social media.

Hatton’s clothes turned a serious speaking level of the occasion, sparking a debate about acceptable costume codes for the normal sport.

His sponsor Adidas pledged to provide away 10 related hoodies to his followers on Twitter and the 28-year-old mentioned he was shocked by the stir his clothes had brought on.

“The hoodies look good and there is not any motive why there ought to be a problem with it,” four-times European Tour winner Hatton mentioned, including that they have been snug to play in.

“It creates a little bit of debate. Individuals are cut up, they do not know in the event that they prefer it or not, however I believe it is a cool factor that persons are speaking about it, they need to be open to the concept of making a extra open sport relatively than being type of snobby.”

Hatton heads into the ultimate spherical on Sunday, three pictures away from nearest challengers Joachim B Hansen of Denmark and Frenchman Victor Perez.

(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Modifying by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)