GOLF.GARA.McKibbin on Masters debut: ‘try to not miss it again’
Link Hong Kong Open champion Tom McKibbin [main picture] is feeling annoyed that he could not extend his Masters debut into the weekend, but missing the cut has fueled the inner fire to come back to Augusta National Golf Club, again and again. Story by Joy Chakravarty – Asian Tour contributor – at Augusta.
The 23-year-old from Holywood in Northern Ireland, now a resident of Dubai, shot rounds of 75 and 76 and fell shy of the cutline at four-over par by three shots.
That second-round 76 saw him balloon to five-over in the first five holes with a double bogey and three bogeys, before he gathered himself and finished the last 13 holes in one under.
Also missing the cut was Thailand’s Fifa Laopakdee, the reigning Asia-Pacific Amateur champion, who finished on 11-over par total.
McKibbin, whose win in Hong Kong last year had secured the first Masters invitation for him, said: “I think it’s probably the first time I’ve come to a place and sort of felt like ‘try to not miss it again’.









