Belfast optometrist goes to Augusta with hopes of making the cut in a year that will be pivotal to his prospects of turning pro
“Throughout that week I was trying to think about it as little as possible,” says McClean of the Mid-Amateur’s bigger prize. “You try to push what you are playing for to the back of your mind. I birdied the 12th to go five up in the final and thought to myself, ‘You’ve only got one hole here and it can be finished.’ Hugh duly went birdie, birdie, birdie.
The Mid-Amateur had been flagged to McClean and Foley early last year, on the basis that the lower age limit is 25 as opposed to 30 as it is in Ireland. “There was definitely an element of the unknown,” McClean recalls. “The main reason really was what you get for winning it.
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