Leona Maguire completed two forward of Ariya Jutanugarn, with China’s Xiyu Lin in a share of third with in a single day chief Amy Yang; Maguire birdied her final three holes to assert a second LPGA Tour title; Watch the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship dwell from Thursday on Sky Sports activities Golf
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Leona Maguire claimed a two-shot victory in Michigan
Leona Maguire ended a run of near-misses on the Meijer LPGA Traditional by producing a spectacular end to register a two-shot victory and second LPGA Tour title.
Maguire, who completed runner-up within the 2021 contest earlier than shedding in a play-off to Jennifer Kucpho final yr, carded an eagle and 6 birdies throughout a outstanding bogey-free 64 at Blythefield Nation Membership to assert a two-stroke victory.
The 28-year-old opened with 4 straight pars earlier than birdieing each par-threes on the entrance 9, the fifth and seventh, then began an unbelievable closing stretch by choosing up a shot on the par-three thirteenth.
Maguire birdied every of her last three holes
Yang matched the Irishwoman’s eagle on the par-five 14th however then double-bogeyed the sixteenth, the place Maguire fired the primary of three consecutive birdies to finish the week on 21 beneath and safe a second LPGA Tour win in as many seasons.
“I felt like I performed some actually good golf final yr,” Maguire mentioned. “Missed out on a play-off right here, second at CME. It’s important to play actually good golf to win out right here. It is powerful. It is a very nice feeling to get this one, particularly heading into the majors now we have developing.”
Jutanugarn made back-to-back 66s over the weekend to complete on 19 beneath, whereas Lin was in a share of second till she signed for a four-under 68 and slipped again three behind after a penultimate-hole bogey.
Hyo Joo Kim claimed fifth place forward of Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura and American Kupcho, who briefly led after a hole-in-one on the par-three fifth, whereas Spain’s Carlota Ciganda birdied her last two holes to finish the week contained in the top-10.
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“I form of went into in the present day pondering if I shot seven-under that would depart me at 19, give me a fairly good shot at presumably a play-off,” Kupcho mentioned. “So did not actually matter how I bought there. That is actually all I used to be specializing in.”
The Meijer LPGA Traditional was the final event earlier than the following main on the ladies’s golf schedule, with the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship getting beneath approach from Thursday at Baltusrol and dwell on Sky Sports activities Golf.
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