No regrets for Stephanie Meadow as 'longshot' comes up short

Stephanie Meadow was pretty upset with herself with the way she played the final hole on Sunday, however, the Jordanstown native had no regrets as she "went for it" in her quest to win the Women's PGA Championship.

Meadow needed an eagle on the last to force a play-off with Ruoning Yin safely in the clubhouse on eight under par, and found herself standing over her second shot on the par five 18th, close to 230 yards to the front of the green.

The two-time Olympian opted to go for the green, but unfortunately topped her approach, which all but ruled out the eagle finish, and in the end she did well to make par, which saw her finish in a tie for third place at the New Jersey event.

"I'll be honest, I was actually pretty upset after 18 after I did that, as it’s pretty unlike me," said Meadow, speaking on RTÉ's Game On. "But it happens, the pressure was on. I had 228 to the front and I had to absolutely nick it, and yeah, so…

"I got lucky thankfully and I was able to get a pitching wedge on it to get up there to give myself a chance of birdie. It would have been really easy to meltdown at that point, so I’m proud of myself for not freaking out too much.

"I knew I needed eagle, it was all on the line. If I was 20-30 yards closer it would have been a big, big difference. It was a longshot, but it was a major and I went for it, and that’s all I could do.

"It was a fantastic week for me. I put myself in the last group of a major on a Sunday so you can’t ask for much more than that."

Sunday’s finish was not Meadow’s best placing at a major as she finished in sole third place at the 2014 US Open, which was her first professional event, however, the paycheque for this year’s PGA was the largest of her career, as she won over $400,000.

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