Leona Maguire made a blistering finish to her second round, birdieing her last five holes to climb into joint-third at the halfway point in the Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida.
Maguire carded a four-under-par 68 on Friday to sit four shots adrift of clear leader A-Lim Kim, though things didn’t look especially promising at the turn after an even-par outward nine saw her lose ground on the field.
The Cavan woman birdied six of her final seven holes in a magnificent closing stretch to shoot up the leaderboard – alas, the odd hole out in the run was a double-bogey at the par-three 13th.
Maguire enters the weekend tied for third on six under, alongside world number one Nelly…