Tom McKibbin maintains his lead at the Link Hong Kong Open with a strong 65, as M.J. Maguire surges with a 61.
After German players like Martin Kaymer, Maximilian Rottluff, and Dominic Foos missed the cut at the Link Hong Kong Open on the Asian Tour, the remaining 68 players teed off for round three. In Fanling, now part of China, Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin confidently defended his top spot on the leaderboard. Though not bogey-free like the previous day, McKibbin carded bogeys on holes 2 and 15 but balanced them with seven birdies, finishing with a solid 65. He now leads at 20-under-par.
Maguire Closes the Gap
Hot on McKibbin’s heels is American M.J. Maguire, who dazzled with a bogey-free 61 in round three, narrowly missing McKibbin’s course record from Thursday. Maguire made seven birdies and an eagle on the par-4 11th hole, climbing ten spots on the leaderboard to sit alone in second at 19-under-par. Fellow American Peter Uihlein, who was second after round two, also shot a 65 but now trails at 18-under-par heading into the final round.
Historic Venue for the Link Hong Kong Open
The Link Hong Kong Open is one of the Asian Tour’s most historic events, first held in 1959. The Hong Kong Golf Club course is notable for its colonial-era architecture, a reminder of the region’s past as a British Crown colony before its 1997 handover to China as a Special Administrative Region.