LEONA MAGUIRE SERVED up her Sunday best to climb back up the leaderboard and finish tenth at the ISPA Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Antrim.
Maguire’s challenge unravelled with a disappointing 76 on Saturday, but she finished with a five-under par 68 as she bounced back in her final round.
Her sole bogey off the day came at the par-four 16th but she drew a line under it immediately and signed off with a birdie-birdie finish for a 10-under par total.
The day belonged to Sweden’s Maja Stark who smashed the course record with a magnificent 10-under par 63 as she claimed her first LPGA Tour title.
The 22-year-old won finished on 20-under par, five shots clear of her nearest rival, America’s Allisen Corpuz, with England’s Georgia Hall a shot further back in third.
A life changing putt.
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 14, 2022
Maja Stark shatters the course record with a 63 at the @World_Inv_Golf 🏆 pic.twitter.com/q562i7ey4c
Just looking at it for a minute as I flicked around the channel and it seems a shame to have so many empty seats for an all Ireland final. I sure the football final in two weeks time would be something similar. Would it not be an idea to play both the football and the camogie final on the one day. It still wouldn’t fill the stadium and it would save the cost of opening the stadium for a second day.
@mickmc: or Gaa fans could support their county teams.
Very good idea Mickmc … then you wouldn’t have to post you sarcasm again next Sunday.
@Adrian Costigan: Well the economic reality is they don’t support this particular code in any great number. Ideally the game should be played in a smaller stadium but of course that would be regarded as sexist blah blah blah. Holding the two games the one day like in the quarter finals of the men’s competition would make much more economic sense.
@Rory Murphy: Can’t see there too many empty next sunday
Sincerest apologies… read your initial comment wrong… thought you were on about next week! … how daft do I feel now.
Go on the Rebelettes!!! Rena Buckley, what more can you say 18 AI medals. A warrior
HT Cork the better team so far but havent managed to put it on the scoreboard.First ten in the second half will tell alot.
Doesn’t make sense having it on in Croke Park. A bit embarrassing really – an all Ireland final and only 10 or 12 thousand in attendance. Varadkar doesn’t look too happy being there.
Cork the far better team but Kilkenny are clinging onto them.
@John Ryan:In fairness Varadkar did not look any happier last sunday when those strapping lads from Galway went up the steps to him.:-):-)
Rena Buckley is a phenomenon, what a sportsperson.
Eimear O’Sullivan for Player of the Match, she was outstanding!!