Stephanie Meadow took home almost €390,000 in prize money after finishing in a five-way tie for third at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship as China’s Ruoning Yin won her first major title thanks to a flawless final round at Baltusrol.
The Antrim native birdied the 17th to keep her hopes alive and needed to eagle the par-five 18th to force a play-off, but mishit her second shot and was fortunate to see it skip through a water hazard.
Meadow recovered her composure to hit a good approach but was unable to hole the birdie putt and had to settle for a closing 70 and share of third place with Carlota Ciganda, Anna Nordqvist, Megan Khang and Xiyu Lin.
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Yin, who received €1,376,220 for winning the tournament, carded four birdies in a closing 67, the last coming from 10 feet on the 72nd hole to edge the 20-year-old a shot ahead of Japan’s Yuka Saso, who had set the clubhouse target on seven under par following a superb 66.
Playing partner Leona Maguire, who took a one-shot lead into the final round, struggled to a disappointing 74 to fall back into a tie for 11th on four under. The Cavan golfer pocketed over €154,000 for her efforts.
Former amateur star Rose Zhang, who won the Mizuho Americas Open on her professional debut earlier this month, was a shot off the lead after six birdies in her first 14 holes, but bogeyed the 16th and finished in a tie for eighth on five under.
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship prize money
Win: Ruoning Yin, -8, $1,500,000
2: Yuka Saso, -7, $875,130
T-3: Carlota Ciganda, -6, $423,070
T-3: Megan Khang, -6, $423,070
T-3: Xiyu Lin, -6, $423,070
T-3: Stephanie Meadow, -6, $423,070
T-3: Anna Nordqvist, -6, $423,070
T-8: Rose Zhang, -5, $214,811
T-8: Ayaka Furue, -5, $214,811
T-8: Jenny Shin, -5, $214,811
T-11: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, -4, $168,170
T-11: Leona Maguire, -4, $168,170
T-11: Perrine Delacour, -4, $168,170
14: Grace Kim, -3, $147,571
T-15: Allisen Corpuz, -2, $125,531
T-15: Lauren Coughlin, -2, $125,531
T-15: Sarah Schmelzel, -2, $125,531
T-15: Jodi Ewart Shadoff, -2, $125,531
T-15: Brooke M. Henderson, -2, $125,531
T-20: Linn Grant, -1, $104,451
T-20: Hyo Joo Kim, -1, $104,451
T-20: Minjee Lee, -1, $104,451
T-20: Jin Young Ko, -1, $104,451
T-24: Gabriela Ruffels, E, $86,483
T-24: Mina Harigae, E, $86,483
T-24: Ariya Jutanugarn, E, $86,483
T-24: Mel Reid, E, $86,483
T-24: In Gee Chun, E, $86,483
T-24: Marissa Steen, E, $86,483
T-30: Cheyenne Knight, +1, $68,115
T-30: Esther Henseleit, +1, $68,115
T-30: Narin An, +1, $68,115
T-30: Lee-Anne Pace, +1, $68,115
T-30: Angel Yin, +1, $68,115
T-30: Celine Boutier, +1, $68,115
T-36: Daniela Darquea, +2, $56,538
T-36: Haeji Kang, +2, $56,538
T-36: Amy Yang, +2, $56,538
T-39: Madelene Sagstrom, +3, $45,217
T-39: Pajaree Anannarukarn, +3, $45,217
T-39: Celine Borge, +3, $45,217
T-39: Yuna Nishimura, +3, $45,217
T-39: Danielle Kang, +3, $45,217
T-39: Pornanong Phatlum, +3, $45,217
T-39: Ashleigh Buhai, +3, $45,217
T-39: Lindsey Weaver-Wright, +3, $45,217
T-47: Nasa Hataoka, +4, $35,071
T-47: Jeongeun Lee6, +4, $35,071
T-47: Yu Liu, +4, $35,071
T-47: Min Lee, +4, $35,071
T-47: Lexi Thompson, +4, $35,071
T-52: Samantha Wagner, +5, $29,705
T-52: Alison Lee, 5, $29,705
T-52: Mariah Stackhouse, +5, $29,705
T-52: Emily Kristine Pedersen, +5, $29,705
T-52: Hye-Jin Choi, +5, $29,705
T-57: Linnea Strom, +6, $25,395
T-57: Gina Kim, +6, $25,395
T-57: Moriya Jutanugarn, +6, $25,395
T-57: Lydia Ko, +6, $25,395
T-61: Maria Fassi, +7, $22,040
T-61: Albane Valenzuela, +7, $22,040
T-61: Gemma Dryburgh, +7, $22,040
T-61: Alexa Pano, +7, $22,040
T-61: Stephanie Kyriacou, +7, $22,040
T-61: Soo Bin Joo, +7, $22,040
T-61: Eun-Hee Ji, +7, $22,040
T-68: Hannah Green, +8, $19,644
T-68: Lauren Stephenson, +8, $19,644
T-68: Jasmine Suwannapura, +8, $19,644
T-71: Morgane Metraux, +9, $18,685
T-71: Elizabeth Szokol, +9, $18,685
T-71: Stacy Lewis, +9, $18,685
74: Annie Park, +10, $18,206
75: Charlotte Thomas, +13, $17,987
76: Aditi Ashok, +14, $17,759
T-77: Sung Hyun Park, +15, $17,422
T-77: Matilda Castren, +15, $17,422
79: Lucy Li, +18, $17,089
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