{"id":1146365,"date":"2023-02-09T18:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T18:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1146365"},"modified":"2023-02-09T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:01:32","slug":"singapore-classic-2023-r1-tom-mckibbin-takes-opening-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/singapore-classic-2023-r1-tom-mckibbin-takes-opening-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom McKibbin takes opening lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom McKibbin opened with a bogeyy-free 8-under 64 to take a one shot lead in the Singapore Classic at Laguna National Golf Resort Club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was some opening round <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommckibbin8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tommckibbin8<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SingaporeClassic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mZ343Lg9XP\">pic.twitter.com\/mZ343Lg9XP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1623566112112664578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\"A very good day. I navigated the course well, eight birdies and no bogeys is a nice way to start,\" said the 20-year-old Northern Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>\"I played nicely last week, a few bad holes here and there, so it\u2019s nice to continue that nice form I had last week.<\/p>\n<p>\"Life\u2019s pretty nice if you\u2019re playing well, it\u2019s different if you\u2019re not<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> I\u2019m enjoying it<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rory-mcilroy-believes-he-has-never-been-a-more-complete-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> I\u2019ve played enough of these events that it feels normal to me now, but it\u2019s great fun.\"<\/p>\n<p>Swedes Simon Forsstr\u00f6m and Joakim Lagergren share second place at 7-under with France's Matthieu Pavon and Finland's Sami V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I\u2019ve played with Rory quite a bit...&quot; \ud83d\udcac<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommckibbin8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tommckibbin8<\/a> is a very exciting prospect \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SingaporeClassic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1623735981970014214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Classic R1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1151110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[98,9295,88,9323,89,90,91,92,893,9322,4450,94],"class_list":["post-1146365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-february-2023","tag-golf-news","tag-laguna-national-golf-resort-club","tag-news","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-scores","tag-singapore","tag-singapore-classic","tag-tom-mckibbin","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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