Pagdanganan finishes 52nd in KPMG Women's PGA Championship
At A Glance
- Bianca Pagdanganan shot a closing even-par 72 to finish tied for 52nd in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas on Sunday, June 22 (early Monday, June 23, Philippine time).
Bianca Pagdanganan finishes 17 strokes behind eventual winner Minjee Lee.
Bianca Pagdanganan shot a closing even-par 72 to finish tied for 52nd in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas on Sunday, June 22 (early Monday, June 23, Philippine time).
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.