Leona Maguire carded her second successive round of 70 – and third in red figures – to close out the LPGA Thailand, but it was only enough to see her finish tied for 33rd and a whopping 22 shots behind winner Angel Yin.
Despite a horror start to her final round as she carded a triple bogey-eight on the par-5 first, Maguire would keep a clean card thereafter, carding three birdies on the front nine to work her way back to level for the day by the turn, then added two more birdies in the closing three holes to drop just two places on the leaderboard overall on another day of low scoring.
Yin etched her name into women’s tour history with a record-breaking victory at the LPGA Thailand tournament, securing her second tour title with an all-time low winning score of 260 at Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course on Sunday.
The world No. 17 delivered a flawless final-round 65 to finish at 28-under-par, edging Japanese rookie Akie Iwai by a single stroke.
Her winning total bettered the previous LPGA record of 261 set by Annika Sörenstam in Arizona in 2001. Yin also rewrote the tournament’s 72-hole record of 262, surpassing the previous mark held by Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Xiyu Lin from 2022.
“I wasn’t that comfortable because Akie shot 10-under the first day and this course is very gettable. So I just had to keep my head down,” said Yin.
Despite starting the final round with a five-stroke advantage, Yin faced relentless pressure from sponsor invitee Iwai, who charged up the leaderboard and momentarily shared the lead at 24-under after a birdie on the 12th hole. However, Yin, who last triumphed at the 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai, responded with three consecutive birdies to regain control and never looked back.
The 26-year-old is the fourth American to capture the LPGA Thailand title, joining Lilia Vu (2023), Jessica Korda (2018), and Lexi Thompson (2016). She is also a two-time major runner-up — at the 2023 Chevron Championship and the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open.
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