BIANCA PAGDANGANAN narrowly missed a Top 10 finish in the Lotte Championship as her closing two-under 70 and 279 total was good for joint 11th in the final standings Saturday in Oahu, Hawaii.
After pumping life back in her bid with a sizzling 67 in the third round, Ms. Pagdanganan set out for a strong finish but could only muster a pair of birdies in a bogey-free round at the Hoakalei Country Club.
The two-time Olympian fell short of joining the group of 10th placers by just one shot. Still, Ms. Pagdanganan enjoyed her second-best finish of 2024, next only to her seventh place in the Mizuho Americas Open in May and earned $52,713 (around P3.08 million).
The ICTSI-backed Pinay was nine strokes adrift of Korea’s A Lim Kim, who completed a wire-to-wire triumph at 270 after a 68 in the final round.
Filipina Clariss Guce, meanwhile, carded a 77 to end in a tie for 64th at six-over 294. Guce netted $7,049 (around P412,000).
Over at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico, Rico Hoey shot a 69 on moving day but still dropped to 21st at 10-under 206 at El Cardonal at Diamante.
Mr. Hoey, who was among the first-round leaders, notched three birdies in the first four holes but lost steam and mixed three and three bogeys the rest of the way.
He trails the trio of American Justin Lower (63) and Carson Young (67) and Colombian Nico Echavarria (68), who hold pole position at 200, going to the last 18 holes. — Olmin Leyba