Leona Maguire closes in on LPGA Tour card

Leona Maguire

Leona Maguire took a giant step towards clinching her LPGA Tour card when she tied for fifth in the Symetra Tour's IOA Golf Classic in Florida.

Twice a winner this season, the Slieve Russell star closed with a three-under 68 to clinch her seventh top-10 this year, finishing seven shots behind Spain’s Marta Sanz Barrio on six-under-par.

Ranked seventh in the money list starting the week, she consolidated her bid for one of ten LPGA Tour cards awarded to the leading money winners by moving up to fifth ahead of this week’s season-ending $250,000 Symetra Tour Championship.

The victory and $26,250 winner’s cheque move Sanz Barrio up 14 spots to No. 13 with $66,383 earned in 20 total starts this season. Here is a look at the current top-10 heading into the 12th annual Symetra Tour Championship on the Jones Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. from October 3-6:

1. Perrine Delacour (Paris, France) - $121,181
2. Patty Tavatanakit (Bangkok, Thailand) - $116,340
3. Ssu-Chia Cheng (Taipei, Chinese Taipei) - $97,325
4. Jillian Hollis (Rocky River, Ohio) - $96,959
5. Leona Maguire (County Cavan, Ireland) - $90,610
6. Julieta Granada (Asuncion, Paraguay) - $88,848
7. Robynn Ree (Redondo Beach, California) - $86,657
8. Jenny Coleman (Rolling Hills Estates, California) - $83,801
9. Esther Lee (Los Alamitos, California) - $81,865
10. Mind Muangkhumsakul - $81,046