Stephanie Meadow knows she will have to go low over the weekend after a battling three-under 69 left her just a shot outside the top 10 in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Maryland.

Leona Maguire dug deep and birdied two of her last four holes to remain in the hunt for her maiden LPGA Tour victory at the Pelican Women's Championship in Florida.

Patience was key as Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow battled scorching temperatures to keep their medal hopes alive on day one of the Women’s Individual Stroke Play in sweltering Tokyo.

Leona Maguire overcame a double-bogey at the first to open with a one-under 71 to lie five shots behind Australia’s Hannah Green and American Cydney Clanton after the opening round of the 54-hole Cambia Portland Classic in Oregon.