Major debutante Tom McKibbin makes the cut to play the weekend at the U.S. Open

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MAJOR DEBUTANTE: With a 16-foot putt on the 18th hole, major debutante Tom McKibbin qualified to play the weekend at the U.S. Open. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

With a 16-foot putt on the 18th hole, major debutante Tom McKibbin qualified to play the weekend at the U.S. Open.

McKibbin ground out a 1-over 71 late Friday on an increasingly crispier Pinehurst No. 2 to make the cut on the number at 5-over par in the 21-year-old Northern Irishman’s first career major start. He’s in through the weekend along with Rory McIlroy (3-under) and Shane Lowry (5-over).