AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jennifer Kupcho was standing on the eighth green Saturday at Augusta National, tied for the lead in arguably the biggest tournament of her career, when she felt the migraine coming.
By the time Kupcho stepped on the ninth tee box, her untimely headache worsened. The pain sharpened. Her vision blurred. And her playing competitor, Maria Fassi, had just birdied to take a one-shot lead with 10 holes left in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
“From [straight ahead] over to the left, I just couldn’t see,” Kupcho said.
But Kupcho’s focus, shockingly, never waned.