Mckibbin Qualifies For Masters With Hong Kong Win

Hong Kong Open last leaderboard

-27 T McKibbin (NI); -20 P Uihlein (US); -19 T Ikemura (Jpn), L Oosthuizen (SA), MJ Maguire (US); -18 D Wenyi (Cn), M Jones (Aus), S Hend (Aus)

Selected others: -12 P Reed (US); -9 T Gooch (US); -8 S Horsfield (Eng); -7 P Casey (Eng).

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Tom McKibbin will play astatine nan Masters for nan first clip and besides qualified for The Open aft winning nan Hong Kong Open by 7 shots connected Sunday.

The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland was a exemplary of consistency each week astatine Fanling, starring from information 1 to triumph astatine nan prestigious Asian Tour arena successful ascendant fashion.

Belfast-born McKibbin, who won erstwhile connected nan European Tour successful 2023 and now plays connected nan LIV Golf tour, changeable an charismatic course-record 60 connected nan opening time Thursday to ignite his title charge.

In lukewarm and overcast conditions connected Sunday, and starring MJ Maguire by 1 changeable overnight, McKibbin fired a final-round 63 to decorativeness connected 27 nether par.

He changeable 8 birdies successful his last information including 5 successful his past 9 holes.

"I dreamt of doing this since I was a young kid, and they travel existent if you train difficult enough," he said.

McKibbin is simply a club-mate of five-time awesome victor Rory McIlroy, nan existent Masters champion.

Peter Uihlein was 2nd astatine 20 nether and his chap American Maguire was tied for third, different changeable back.

The Hong Kong Open is 1 of nan elevated International Series events connected nan Asian Tour successful 2025, and is bankrolled by nan Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf.

It is besides 1 of a prime number of nationalist opens astir nan world that were granted position arsenic qualifiers for adjacent year's Masters astatine Augusta and The Open astatine Royal Birkdale.