Leona Maguire sits in a share of sixth place heading into the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
The Cavan native shot a level-par 72 in her third round of the third major of the year to sit on two over for the tournament and sits eight shots off the lead, held by Australia's Minjee Lee who is six under.
Maguire battled back from a shocking start, making double bogey on the second hole and following it up with another dropped shot on the fifth.
But the former amateur world number one got her round going on the seventh hole with birdie and added another two on the tenth and 17th to move up the leaderboard.
Lee leads the field by four shots with Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul the only other player under par, on two under, with a trio on one over, one shot ahead of Maguire.
Lee fired a 3-under-par 69 on Saturday, her second round under par, to take a commanding lead going into the final round.
Just five rounds total at the tournament have been in the 60s, and Lee has owned two of them.
"I just try to stay patient out there," Lee said. "You can't get ahead of yourself, especially in these conditions. It's just only getting harder and harder just with I think pressure of a major championship, and also just the course just demands so much from you."
The 10-time LPGA Tour champion is pursuing her third major title, having previously won the 2022 U.S. Women's Open and the 2021 Amundi Evian Championship.
"I know what it takes to win and I know just kind of what to feel and what to expect now that I have two under my belt," Lee said. "So, yeah I just think the experience that I've had is really going to help me hopefully get over the line tomorrow."
Thitikul, who is pursuing her first major, and who enjoyed a three-stroke lead coming into the weekend.
The 22-year-old from Thailand suffered six bogeys while scoring two birdies to shoot a 4-over 76 and fall from 6 under to 2 under.
Despite that disastrous round, she still sits in a better position than everyone else as one of two golfers currently under par, and she holds a three-shot lead on the rest of the field.
The three golfers in the best position to make a potential run on the two leaders Sunday sit in a tie for third at 1 over. South Korea's Hye-Jin Choi had the best round of the three (72), but Japan's Miyu Yamashita (73) and American Lexi Thompson (75) are technically still in the hunt.
