Leona Maguire shot a blistering 64 on her second round at the Saudi Ladies International in Riyadh.
After an opening round 76, Maguire is now four-under-par. The Cavan woman is four shots off the leader Patty Tavatanakit heading into the weekend.
Maguire shot eight birdies on her round. Including three birdies on par five’s and two birdies on the par three’s.
Patty Tavatanakit shot an even par 70 for a two shot lead on Dane Nicola Broch Estrup and Belgian Manon De Roey. Maguire is joint fourth with Peiyun Chien and Amy Yang.
The Cavan woman moved from a share of 66th to joint-fourth place.
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“I felt it I hit quite nicely yesterday” explained Maguire post round. “I hit 15 green’s yesterday, I just did putt very well”.
“Today, I hit 18 greens and I holed a few more puts that always makes it a bit easier” added Maguire.
“I had the same setup (no golf bag changes) today” the Cavan woman added having improved by some 12 strokes. “Obviously some of the holes played a bit differently with the wind and things like that”.
“I think yardage went out the window yesterday, you had to be a bit more creative. My nine iron is out of the bag at the moment and I don’t see that changing for the weekend”.
*Last update 17:20pm.
