LPGA Drive On Championship R3

LPGA Drive On 2022 R3
February 03-05
Crown Colony G&CC, Fort Myers, Florida
$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2

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Leona Maguire finished at 18-under after firing a final-round 67 at the LPGA Drive On Championship to win the first title of her LPGA Tour career, becoming the first woman from Ireland to win in the Tour’s history. Her 198 total ties her career-best 54-hole score, last recorded at the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship.

LPGA Drive On 2022 R3

“Hasn’t really sunk in yet. It’s a bit surreal. It’s been a long time coming and I suppose you don’t know it’s going to happen until it actually does,” said Maguire. “Tried to just stay really patient today. Didn’t get ahead of myself. Wanted to go out and just shoot a number. Didn’t want anybody to have to hand it to me. I wanted to go out and win it myself and earn it. Yeah, just really proud of the way I played today.”

LPGA Drive On 2022 R3

Maguire started the day tied for the lead with Marina Alex and said she didn’t look at leaderboards until the fairway at the 18th and didn’t know how the results were beginning to net out. After carding her first birdie at the 2nd, Maguire picked up speed after a bogey at the 3rd with back-to-back birdies at the 7th and 8th and closed with a 33 on her back-nine holes.

“I think the birdie on 7 was huge. Brittany [Altomare] had gone on that run early, and as I expected, I knew someone was going to go low today. I was just trying to keep up with her and Marina early on.

“That birdie on 7 and 8 as well out of the pine straw was huge for momentum making the turn, and then another two on 10 and 11. I thought the shot on 11 was in,” said Maguire. “But, yeah, just some really solid iron shots to set up those chances.”

LPGA Drive On 2022 R3

Lexi Thompson played her first seven holes 7-under, which included an eagle at the 10th. She closed with a birdie after a bogey at the 16th and posted a final-round 65 to finish at 15-under.

“I think it’s all about just putting myself in contention. I’ve put in the work in the off-season, hours on the putting green, hours in the gym, and just working on myself and improvement. There’s all I want to see. As athletes we just continue to try to improve on our games and ourselves, and that’s what I see. We just want to see the hard work pay off,” said Thompson. “Just going to continue to work hard and stay in the moment and put myself in contention and hopefully a win will come.”

The 11-time LPGA Tour winner last won at the 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Sarah Schmelzel made six birdies in her final seven holes to move up the leaderboard into third at 14-under, her career-best finish on the LPGA Tour. Five players tied for fourth at 13-under.

LPGA Drive On 2022 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Leona Maguire	-18	66-65-67	198
2	Lexi Thompson	-15	69-67-65	201
3	Sarah Schmelzel	-14	69-69-64	202
T4	Xiyu Janet Lin	-13	68-72-63	203
T4	Patty Tavatanakit	-13	66-70-67	203
T4	Brittany Altomare	-13	68-67-68	203
T4	Stacy Lewis	-13	68-67-68	203
T4	Marina Alex	-13	65-66-72	203
T9	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	-12	70-67-67	204
T9	Jeongeun Lee6	-12	67-69-68	204
T11	Cheyenne Knight	-11	70-69-66	205
T11	Brooke M. Henderson	-11	71-67-67	205
T11	Atthaya Thitikul	-11	71-66-68	205
T11	Charley Hull	-11	67-70-68	205
T15	Aditi Ashok	-10	72-71-63	206
T15	Nelly Korda	-10	72-70-64	206
T15	Hye-Jin Choi	-10	71-69-66	206
T15	Madelene Sagstrom	-10	67-71-68	206
T15	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-10	68-69-69	206
T20	Jenny Shin	-9	74-68-65	207
T20	Perrine Delacour	-9	73-67-67	207
T20	Kelly Tan	-9	71-69-67	207
T20	Caroline Masson	-9	67-72-68	207
T20	Celine Boutier	-9	70-67-70	207
T20	Yaeeun Hong	-9	68-69-70	207
T26	Georgia Hall	-8	70-71-67	208
T26	Megan Khang	-8	68-72-68	208
T26	In Gee Chun	-8	70-68-70	208
T26	Lauren Stephenson	-8	72-65-71	208
T30	Yealimi Noh	-7	74-69-66	209
T30	Ayaka Furue	-7	70-72-67	209
T30	Amy Yang	-7	70-72-67	209
T30	Allisen Corpuz	-7	70-69-70	209
T30	Inbee Park	-7	70-69-70	209
T30	Jasmine Suwannapura	-7	69-70-70	209
T30	Linnea Johansson	-7	66-69-74	209
T37	Lilia Vu	-6	71-72-67	210
T37	Isi Gabsa	-6	71-71-68	210
T37	Na Rin An	-6	71-70-69	210
T37	Jennifer Chang	-6	70-68-72	210
T41	Ruixin Liu	-5	71-72-68	211
T41	Paula Reto	-5	71-72-68	211
T41	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-5	70-73-68	211
T41	Alison Lee	-5	69-74-68	211
T41	Brittany Lincicome	-5	73-69-69	211
T41	Anna Nordqvist	-5	69-73-69	211
T41	A Lim Kim	-5	72-69-70	211
T41	Bianca Pagdanganan	-5	70-71-70	211
T41	Marissa Steen	-5	69-72-70	211
T41	Cydney Clanton	-5	70-70-71	211
T41	Nasa Hataoka	-5	65-75-71	211
T41	Su Oh	-5	68-71-72	211
T53	Wichanee Meechai	-4	72-70-70	212
T53	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	-4	71-71-70	212
T53	Pernilla Lindberg	-4	69-73-70	212
T53	Janie Jackson	-4	72-69-71	212
T53	Ryann O’Toole	-4	68-72-72	212
T53	Bronte Law	-4	67-72-73	212
T59	Dana Finkelstein	-3	72-71-70	213
T59	Annie Park	-3	69-74-70	213
T59	Pornanong Phatlum	-3	73-69-71	213
T59	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	72-70-71	213
T59	Gemma Dryburgh	-3	72-69-72	213
T59	Amy Olson	-3	70-71-72	213
T59	Austin Ernst	-3	70-71-72	213
T66	Fatima Fernandez Cano	-2	74-69-71	214
T66	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-2	72-71-71	214
T66	Ariya Jutanugarn	-2	72-70-72	214
T66	Katherine Perry-Hamski	-2	72-70-72	214
T66	Giulia Molinaro	-2	68-74-72	214
T71	Carlota Ciganda	-1	72-71-72	215
T71	Angela Stanford	-1	77-65-73	215
73	Rachel Rohanna	+1	70-73-74	217
	Yuka Saso	CUT	77-67	144
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	73-71	144
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	73-71	144
	Katherine Kirk	CUT	72-72	144
	Andrea Lee	CUT	71-73	144
	Ana Belac	CUT	69-75	144
	Sophia Schubert	CUT	69-75	144
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	74-71	145
	Alana Uriell	CUT	73-72	145
	Frida Kinhult	CUT	72-73	145
	Agathe Laisne	CUT	72-73	145
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	71-74	145
	Ally Ewing	CUT	69-76	145
	Dewi Weber	CUT	69-76	145
	Hee Young Park	CUT	68-77	145
	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	CUT	67-78	145
	Casey Danielson	CUT	77-69	146
	Jennifer Song	CUT	76-70	146
	Maria Fassi	CUT	75-71	146
	Mel Reid	CUT	75-71	146
	Muni He	CUT	74-72	146
	Jennifer Kupcho	CUT	74-72	146
	Gerina Michelle Mendoza	CUT	74-72	146
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	73-73	146
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	72-74	146
	Lauren Kim	CUT	76-71	147
	Morgane Metraux	CUT	75-72	147
	Yu Liu	CUT	73-74	147
	Gaby Lopez	CUT	73-74	147
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	72-75	147
	Mina Harigae	CUT	72-75	147
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	CUT	72-75	147
	Jeongeun Lee	CUT	70-77	147
	Christina Kim	CUT	75-73	148
	Peiyun Chien	CUT	74-74	148
	Sophia Popov	CUT	74-74	148
	Haeji Kang	CUT	72-76	148
	Mirim Lee	CUT	72-76	148
	Laura Davies	CUT	75-74	149
	Amanda Doherty	CUT	76-74	150
	Brittany Lang	CUT	73-78	151
	Jaye Marie Green	CUT	76-76	152
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	74-78	152
	Allison Emrey	CUT	74-81	155
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	79-77	156
	Angel Yin	CUT	81-77	158
	Jessica Korda	WD