Leona Maguire had prepared for her two-week Asia swing by spending time in steaming saunas, and the prep work paid dividends with a final round 64 for a 19-under-par total of 269 which gave her a share of 12th place in the Honda Thailand tournament in Chonburi, where Denmark's Nanna Koertz Madsen secured a breakthrough win on the LPGA Tour.
Madsen defeated China’s Xiyu Lin in a playoff after the pair finished on 26 under par after 72 holes, with the Dane proclaiming: “It’s a dream come true.”
For Maguire, her terrific start to the new season – having made her own breakthrough win in the Drive On Championship last month – continued: “My game is in really good shape. I felt like I played really good tee-to-green this week, just didn’t hole any putts at all the first three days; holed a few [in the final round], which was nice.”
Maguire, who was tied-13th in Singapore, will spend a few days in Ireland before returning to her base in Orlando later this week ahead of a number of events on the west coast of the USA, including the season’s first Major at the Chevron Championship.
Final leaderboard
USA unless stated, Par 72
262 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Den) 65 64 66 67 (won at the second extra playoff hole), Xiyu Lin (Chn) 64 66 66 66
263 Celine Boutier (Fra) 65 64 67 67
265 Brooke Henderson (Can) 65 67 66 67, Amy Yang (Kor) 66 69 66 64
266 Hyo-Joo Kim (Kor) 69 65 67 65, Jennifer Kupcho 65 67 67 67
268 Atthaya Thitikul (Tha) 70 67 66 65, Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 67 68 66 67, Danielle Kang 66 69 67 66, Jeon-Geun Lee (Kor) 66 68 70 64
269 Lucy Lie 67 69 64 69, Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 63 65 70 71, Min-Jee Lee (Aus) 69 64 67 69, Leona Maguire (Irl) 70 66 69 64, Yuka Saso (Jpn) 68 70 69 62, Esther Henseleit (Ger) 63 71 70 65, Alison Lee 65 68 66 70
270 Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (Tha) 71 66 68 65, Gaby Lopez (Mex) 68 66 64 72
271 So-Yeon Ryu (Kor) 69 66 68 68, Su-Hyun Oh (Aus) 63 65 73 70, A-Lim Kim (Kor) 67 69 68 67, Emma Talley 69 69 67 66, Perrine Delacour (Fra) 67 73 64 67, Sarah Schmelzel 68 69 65 69
272 Hannah Green (Aus) 70 65 67 70, Megan Khang 69 67 69 67
273 Lizette Salas 66 70 73 64
274 Pajaree Anannarukarn (Tha) 68 71 69 66, Matilda Castren (Fin) 70 68 68 68, Lindsey Weaver-Wright 65 71 67 71
275 Jaravee Boonchant (Tha) 70 65 71 69, Madelene Sagstroem (Swe) 68 69 73 65, Stacy Lewis 67 70 71 67, Thidapa Suwannapura (Tha) 73 69 66 67, Yu Liu (Chn) 66 70 72 67, Jeong-Eun Lee (Kor) 68 68 73 66, Jennifer Song 69 71 70 65,
276 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 74 66 70 66, Wei Ling Hsu (Tai) 69 70 68 69, Carlota Ciganda (Esp) 66 67 71 72, Giulia Molinaro (Ita) 71 72 66 67
277 Kaitlyn Papp 68 70 71 68, Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 70 68 72 67, Aditi Ashok (Ind) 70 72 68 67
278 Chanettee Wannasaen (Tha) 73 70 66 69, Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 74 70 66, Angel Yin 71 68 71 68, Min Lee (Tai) 67 68 71 72
279 Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den) 70 67 69 73, In-Gee Chun (Kor) 68 69 74 68, Mina Harigae 68 76 69 66, Brittany Altomare 68 71 68 72, Chella Choi (Kor) 71 71 70 67, Melissa Reid (Eng) 71 71 67 70
280 Jaye Marie Green 74 70 67 69
281 Yealimi Noh 71 69 70 71
283 Marina Alex 71 67 74 71, Albane Valenzuela (Swi) 71 75 70 67
287 Rina Tatematsu (Tha) 69 70 74 74, Wichanee Meechai (Tha) 75 74 68 70
290 Prima Thammaraks (Tha) 71 75 71 73, Na-Yeon Choi (Kor) 73 69 77 71
291 Jennifer Coleman 73 73 73 72
292 Ashleigh Buhai (Rsa) 77 70 69 76
