Leona Maguire closed with a degree par 72 to tie for twenty sixth within the Buick LPGA Shanghai.
She made 4 birdies and two bogeys after opening with a double-bogey six and completed on seven-under-par, 18 photographs behind Shanghai native Ruoning Yin.
The Chinese language star earned her fourth profession victory in dominating style at Qizhong Backyard Golf Membership shattering the 72-hole event scoring file that was first set in 2019 by Danielle Kang.
Taking part in in entrance of her hometown crowd, Yin teed off within the remaining group of the day trailing one stroke to 2024 LPGA Tour rookie Mao Saigo.
Yin could be the primary to strike recording a birdie on the primary gap to knot it up on the prime of the leaderboard at 18-under.
Her solely different birdie on the entrance 9 got here on No. 5 to push herself to the solo-lead at 19-under heading into the flip.
The again 9 is when Yin actually started to step up her sport carding an insurance coverage birdie on the primary par-3 of the again, No. 11.
Holes 13-15 have been the distinction makers with Yin sinking three-straight birdies pushing her lead among the many remainder of the sphere even additional.
Along with her fourth victory in sight, Yin all however sealed the take care of back-to-back birdies on the final to holes of the course to get to 25-under 263, her career-best 72-hole rating.
“Yeah, so the primary day my tee shot wasn’t superb,” Yin stated about her efficiency this week.
“Simply I had a name with my coach, Holton Freeman. He is in LA proper now. He fastened my tee shot, so I believe this course particularly I am feeling good with my iron photographs proper now.
“If I can put my ball on the green it is simply going to make simpler for myself. So I believe I simply putted very well and my method shot is fairly good and tee shot is admittedly good. I pieced every part collectively.”
The third-round chief Saigo had a a lot totally different spherical than Yin.
She recorded simply two birdies and a bogey to complete runner-up for the second time this season.
Saigo’s seventh top-10 end of the season is now tied for probably the most top-10 finishes in 2024 with no win.
She shares that with Canada’s Brooke Henderson and U.S. Solheim Cup Group member Sarah Schmelzel. Spherical one’s chief Sei Younger Kim started her day three photographs again of the chief and did every part she may to assist get her again close to the highest.
She carded six birdies and two bogeys to assist her end tied for second with Saigo and earn her third top-five end on the Buick LPGA Shanghai and her fourth of the season.
Yealimi Noh had her greatest end of the season and lowest since 2021 ending solo fourth.
The 2021 U.S. Solheim Cup Group member recorded 36-holes of bogey-free golf to carry her whole of bogey-free rounds this season to 5. Hye-Jin Choi had the spherical of the day, besting even Yin’s, tying the 18-hole event scoring file first set by Kim earlier within the week.
She jumped from T26 to T5, incomes her greatest end of the season. Yin’s profitable companion on the Dow Championship Jeeno Thitikul completed T5 as nicely.
Defending Champion Angel Yin made a push within the fourth spherical to develop into the second participant to defend as champion however ran out of holes attempting to catch Yin.
She turned in a bogey-free eight birdie efficiency to complete solo-seventh.
