Leona Maguire double-bogeyed the primary and needed to accept her sixth LPGA top-10 end of the season within the Dana Open in showery situations at Highland Meadows in Ohio.
ied fourth, simply three photographs off the lead beginning the day, she battled again in typical style with 5 birdies towards only one bogey, however a two-under 69 left her tied tenth on 13-under par.
The Co Cavan star (27) completed 5 photographs behind Mexico’s Gaby Lopez, whose 63 gave her a one-shot win over Meghan Kang on 18-under par.
Elsewhere, England’s Oliver Wilson holed two huge birdie putts in fast succession as he ended an virtually eight-year victory drought in dramatic style within the Made in HimmerLand occasion.
The world quantity 745 transformed from 65 toes for birdie on the thirteenth and amazingly repeated the feat from the identical distance on the seventeenth to take the outright lead.
Wilson, who had not recorded a top-10 end on the DP World Tour since a tie for fourth in the identical occasion in 2019, then held his nerve to par the final – hitting his drive off a small mound of turf as an alternative of a tee – to complete a shot forward of Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson.
“It’s sort of hit me now,” an emotional Wilson advised Sky Sports activities as he fought again tears after his closing 67. “Give me a minute. I mentioned I wasn’t going to cry.
“Every part I’ve carried out so far to rebuild my sport, I knew I might do it. I used to be so calm there, I virtually loved the final gap. It’s fairly particular.
“I’m so happy with myself and I’ve received an important crew round me. There’s been some darkish occasions and so they’ve all caught with me so that is for them as effectively.
“I’ve been pulling from in all places I can to attempt to determine this sport out and I don’t assume I’m there but, however I really feel like there’s a lot forward of me. I’m so happy to get win quantity two.
“I like this place, I’ve carried out effectively right here earlier than and my sport’s been trending in the best path.
“Should you have a look at my stats and outcomes from the skin trying in there’s not heaps to shout about, however there’s been lots of great things this 12 months, I simply haven’t been in a position to put all of it collectively.
“I missed probability after probability at present and hit it so good, I simply stayed affected person and holed two bombs on the again 9 and I suppose it was my day, however I felt like I deserved it. To recover from the road feels so good.”
Wilson had began the ultimate spherical in a four-way tie for the lead with Ross McGowan, Matthew Southgate and Francesco Laporta, however missed numerous good birdie possibilities as he coated his first 12 holes in a single below.
Ferguson, who was in search of a 3rd win of the season, started the day two photographs off the tempo however made two birdies and an eagle on the entrance 9 and loved a two-shot lead when he additionally birdied the 14th.
Wilson halved the deficit along with his first lengthy birdie putt on the thirteenth and drew degree from 14 toes on the sixteenth earlier than changing from distance once more on the seventeenth after Ferguson’s 66 had set the clubhouse goal on 20 below.
“I really feel good,” Ferguson mentioned. “Clearly a bit unhappy that I didn’t win, however I positively didn’t lose it, he (Wilson) battled exhausting and clearly did very effectively to recover from the road and this week simply wasn’t meant to be my week.
“However I’m positively pleased with the best way I performed below strain. I believe it reveals that I’m good below strain and I’m a fighter, and I believe that’s one of many good issues about me. I by no means hand over. I fought all the best way to the tip.”
Norway’s Kristian Krogh Johannessen carded a closing 65 to complete third on 18 below, with McGowan, Southgate, Laporta and Matthew Jordan one other stroke again.
Extra reporting by PA Media
