Maguire and Meadow rally to sneak inside Florida cut

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow both snuck inside the cut at the Drive On Championship in Florida where Nelly Korda enjoys the halfway lead at 10-under par.

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With the cut at level par, both players looked to be heading home for the weekend before turning things around on the back nine.

Meadow required birdies in her final two holes and she duly delivered, while Maguire appeared to be on the brink after her bogey at the 10th left her at four-over par.

The Cavan woman however dug deep at Bradenton Country Club. A birdie at the par-3 11th was just what she needed to kickstart her bid to make the third round, while picking up shots at 14 and 15 gave the scorecard a much better look.

A birdie at the 17th proved crucial as the round of 69 saw her move to level par overall.

Hometown hero Korda however is the player to catch.

She birdied three of her final four holes to card a 4-under-par 67 and enter the weekend at 10-under par.

Korda started her day on the back nine, overcoming an early bogey with birdies at 13, 15 and 17. Then, she shrugged off a bogey at 5 with a birdie at the par-5 sixth, and closed things out with birdies at the par-5 eighth andpar-3 ninth holes.

"I just knew that I could probably take advantage of the two par-5s," Korda said of her finish. "I knew I had two par-5s coming up, and if I had good drives, they're both reachable."

Korda did not win on the LPGA Tour in 2023 and is seeking her first LPGA victory in 14 months.

Additional reporting: Reuters