A timely birdie at the last on the Jones Course ensured Ireland's Stephanie Meadow remains well-placed for an assault on the top order in the fourth round of the final stage of the LPGA qualifying tournament in Daytona Beach.
Meadow shot her second 72 of the week on the course yesterday, sandwiching a 66 on the Hills Course where she will tee off today five shots off the pace set by South Korea's Ha Na Jang on 11 under.
Meadow began with nine straight pars before a birdie at 10, but back-to-back bogeys saw her drop to one over for the day before picking up that shot at the last.
She’ll look forward to a return to a layout more suited to her game.
“I’ve had some good history on this course,” she said of her 66 at Hills. “I played in a tournament here and won my freshman year so I really like this course and feel like it’s good for my game. I’m accurate and that’s what you need out here.”
Her target, first and foremost, is a place in the top 70 to make Sunday’s play, again on the Hills Course, and that looks to be all but secure with her current score of six under good enough for a share of seventh.
In the fifth and final round, Meadow will need to finish in the top 20 to claim “full-time” status on the LPGA Tour while players who finish between 21st and 45th will have “conditional” status.
