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Late rally sparks Maguire’s victory

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MICHIGAN (AFP) — Ireland’s Leona Maguire made an eagle and four birdies in the last six holes on Sunday to win the Meijer Classic for her second career LPGA title.

Maguire, a runner-up in the event each of the past two years, fired an eight-under-par 64 to finish on 21-under 267 for 72 holes at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan.

“It was nice to go bogey-free on Sunday,” Maguire said.

“I tried to be patient. My goal was to get to 20-under and it was nice to go one even better than that.”

Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn was second on 269 after a closing 66 with China’s Lin Xiyu and South Korean Amy Yang sharing third on 270 and South Korean Kim Hyo-joo fifth on 272.

World No. 20 Maguire, whose prior LPGA victory came at last year’s Drive On Championship in Florida, was third in last month’s LPGA Match-Play and shared seventh at the Americas Open two weeks ago, but also took lessons from her runner-up efforts previously to win this year.

“I feel like I’ve taken things from both years and I’ve been playing some really good golf coming into this week,” Maguire said.

“You have to play really good golf to win out here. It’s tough.”

Maguire, 28, will try to claim her first major crown at next week’s Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol with the US Women’s Open in three weeks at Pebble Beach.

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