Pagdanganan finishes 52nd in KPMG Women's PGA Championship

June 24 ------ Bianca Pagdanganan shot a closing even-par 72 to finish tied for 52nd in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas. The two-time Olympian struggled at the back nine but kept it steady on her last nine holes to finish with a four-round total of 301, 17 strokes behind eventual champion Minjee Lee.

Pagdanganan strugled with a first-round 74 and barely made the cut with a second-round 77. She continued her woes with a 78 on the third round, but held her composure for a decent finish. Her performance earned her $33,648 (around P1.9 million). Pagdanganan opened the final round with a birdie on No. 3 before bogeying the par-4 fifth hole. She briefly picked up her game with another birdie on the seventh, but tumbled with a double bogey on the par-3 eighth hole.

She held par in the succeeding holes before firing a birdie 3 on the 15th. Fil-Japanese Yuka Saso, meanwhile, finished two shots behind Pagdanganan with a 303 after fumbling with a fourth-round 76 that consisted of four birdies, four bogeys and two double bogeys. Lee, who pocketed the $1.8 million top purse that went along with the crown, actually tumbled with a last-round 74, but it was enough to give her a three-shot victory over closest pursuers Chanettee Wannasaen and Auston Kim, who fired under-par with similar 68s.

Source: mb.com.ph