Maguire shares the clubhouse lead at WPGA Championship

Leona Maguire finished the morning wave with a share of the lead at the Women's PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey.

Maguire birdied the par-5 18th to pull even with LPGA rookie Celine Borge and Japan's Ayaka Furue at 2-under. Borge bogeyed her final hole to drop one shot and miss a chance at the outright clubhouse lead.

On an unforgiving course, the Maguire steadily before she found her grove with birdies on the 6th and 7th. Two more birdies and a bogey on the back nine saw he sign for a round of 69.

Maguire won the Meijer LPGA Classic last week. The 28-year-old is sixth in the CME Globe standings with three consecutive top-7 finishes.

Stephanie Meadow had a round to forget and finished on +2 after a bogey on the 15th and double bogey on the 17th saw her drop down the leaderboard.

Furue overcame a bogey on the first and had two birdies on the back nine to join the midday tie atop the leaderboard.

Furue, 23, entered the major in third place in the CME Globe standings with three top-five finishes in her past five events. She missed the cut at the 2022 Women's PGA Championship as a rookie.

The leaderboard was in flux quickly with the start of afternoon groups off to lower-scoring rounds.

Borge has never finished better than 14th (tie) and is making her 11th Tour start.