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“Let’s go!” praised Leona Maguire for her approach shot from rough on the sixth, her 15th hole of the second round of ANA Inspiration at Rancho Mirage in California, but her verbal influence on the ball was to no avail as she fell short and sank into a water. grave in the danger that guards the green.
However, what happened next exemplified their struggle. Taking a penalty shot, Maguire then approached the green, and luckily over the pond, and then entered for a bogey. Sometimes those kinds of bogeys are as good as any birdie, and for 26-year-old golfer Co Cavan, avoiding a double bogey or more was crucial.
Ultimately, Maguire signed for a 73rd second round to go with her 67th opening for a median total of four-under-140, which left her well in the commercial side of the standings and three shots adrift from leader Patty Tavatanakit. like the Thai one. The golfer added a second round of 69 for 137 nine under par.
Maguire, in a sporting year in which the Tokyo Olympics and possibly the Solheim Cup draw her in as she continues to move into a growing company, showed her worth in much of the first nine, where, finding just five Out of nine greens in regulation, he managed to keep a ghost off his card with scrambles and solid shots.
A eight-foot birdie for a birdie on the 12, his third hole, moved Maguire to a part of the lead and he held that position for much of his round until a bogey on the first (his 10th). She bounced back with an immediate birdie in the second but suffered a bogey in the third and then escaped with a bogey in the sixth when a double or worse was in play. And, having missed the green with his tee shot on par 3 of the eighth, Maguire once again proved his worth by shooting from rough to eight feet and letting his putter make the par stop.
Maguire, who finished tied for 18th at last year’s ANA Inspiration, played in September, but a result that put her back on the field, has enjoyed a good start to the season, including a sixth draw at the LPGA Drive on Championship.
From the tee, Maguire has added strength and length. “I’ve done a lot of work in the gym and just speed work. I switched to a new Ping driver, the new 425, and changed the axles of my irons back to graphite, so it goes a little higher on these greens, which makes things a little easier, which is good. ” Maguire said. which had European Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew on site watching her show of guts to stay in the mix.
With the backdrop of the San Jacinto mountain range showing snowy peaks at odds with many players using umbrellas to protect themselves from the scorching sun and temperatures are expected to reach up to 40 degrees Celsius over the weekend, Maguire, whose best finish to the race in a Major it was tied -18 this course last September – he is well positioned to challenge.
On a potentially important weekend for Irish women’s golf, Olivia Mehaffey, a student from Arizona state and ready to join the professional ranks for the summer, heads to the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Invitational just one shot away from the Joint leaders Rose Zhang, from the United States, the world’s number one amateur, and Ingrid Lindblad, from Sweden.
“It’s Augusta National. We are on this stage right now that everyone is watching, and there will be more pressure than I’m sure anyone has ever felt. Obviously it’s going to be difficult. You have to be prepared for that. You really don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s definitely good to be in contention. Every time you are in dispute, it means that you are playing very well, “said Mehaffey.
On the PGA Tour, Pádraig Harrington slipped to a second round of 74 to add to his starting 70 to reach the midpoint at par 144 and be sure to make the cut. American Cameron Tringale, seeking his first individual victory on the PGA Tour, loaded a second round of 60 for a total of 36 holes of nine under par and 135 to claim the lead.
“I would like to hit a few more fairways. My driver either had a leak on the left or was not fading. I will hit some extra units (in the third round) but other than that, I will continue to do what I am doing, ”Tringale said.
Scores and totals collected from the second round on the LPGA Tour ANA Inspiration (USA Unless noted, Par 72):
135 Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (Tha) 66 69
136 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 67 69
137 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 68 69
138 Anna Nordqvist (Swedish) 68 70, 138 Charley Hull (English) 69 69
139 Ind-Bee Park (Kor) 70 69, Mi-Rim Lee (Kor) 69 70, Jin-Young Ko (Kor) 69 70, Lydia Ko (Nzl) 70 69, Sophia Popov (Ger) 70 69, Georgia Hall ( Eng) 69 70
140 Gaby Lopez (Mex) 73 67, Leona Maguire (Irl) 67 73, Christina Kim 70 70, Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Den) 72 68, Yui Kawamoto (Jpn) 71 69, Yuka Saso (Phi) 69 71, Pajaree Anannarukarn ( Tha) 71 69, Daniela Holmqvist (Sweden) 70 70
141 Jeon-Geun Lee (Kor) 71 70, Nelly Korda 71 70, Austin Ernst 73 68, Ally Ewing 71 70, Megan Khang 68 73, Jennifer Kupcho 69 72
142 Alexis Thompson 70 72, Hannah Green (Aus) 71 71, Danielle Kang 72 70, Min-Jee Lee (Aus) 72 70, Mi-Jung Hur (Kor) 71 71, Gabriela Ruffels (Aus) 72 70, Amy Olson 73 69, Yu Liu (Chn) 71 71, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 70 72, Ryann O’Toole 71 71, Gerina Piller 70 72, Jaye Marie Green 71 71
143 Brittany Lincicome 73 70, Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 68 75, Sei-Young Kim (Kor) 72 71, Amy Yang (Kor) 70 73, Bronte Law (Eng) 69 74, Lauren Stephenson 71 72
144 Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 72 72, Som-Yeon Ryu (Kor) 72 72, Brooke Henderson (Can) 75 69, Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 75 69, Eun-Hee Ji (Kor) 72 72, Celine Boutier (Fra) 75 69, Melissa Reid (Ing) 71 73, Mi-Hyang Lee (Kor) 73 71, Jennifer Song 72 72, Caroline Masson (Ger) 73 71, Linnea Stroem (Swe) 75 69, Cydney Clanton 74 70, Kelly Tan ( Mal) 71 73, Stephanie Meadow (NIrl) 71 73, Xiyu Lin (Chn) 72 72
145 Stacy Lewis 76 69, Angela Stanford 72 73, Hee-Young Park (Kor) 73 72, Jessica Korda 69 76, Maria Torres (Pur) 73 72, Jenny Shin (Kor) 71 74, Cristie Kerr 72 73, Kristen Gillman 72 73, Hyo-Joo Kim (Kor) 72 73, Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 71 74, Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 70 75, Angel Yin 72 73, Aditi Ashok (Ind) 73 72
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