Team Ireland golfers Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire played their third round of golf at the Olympic golf tournament this morning.
Stephanie Meadow finished on a high after a rough start to go three-under-par for the day and seven-under across 54 holes.
Leona Maguire posted two 35’s across both sets of nine holes to finish the day on five-under.
Meadow expanded upon her round two form with a strong finish enough to maintain her chase of the medal positions.
The Northern Irish golfer struggled initially with a bogey on the second hole and did not correct it until hole 6.
A second birdie on hole 8 looked to set Meadow on her way but another bogey left her waiting until the back nine to mount her charge up the leaderboard.
A birdie on the 13th hole was left unaccompanied by anything but par until the final two holes where the Team Ireland golfer added two more to finish strongly and sit joint-10th.
Maguire finished on a lesser total for the day but her round was packed with action as she fluctuated throughout the 18 holes.
The Cavan native came out of the blocks like a bull in a china shop with two birdies in the first two holes.
Two further birdies on holes seven and eight moved her to four-under across the tournament and the golfer looked set to build on that.
However, a disastrous ninth hole killed her momentum after a shot went into the trees and she struggled to recover from it.
Maguire ended up posting a triple-bogey on the par-4 hole after the fiasco which brought her back down to Earth.
She never recovered from it until it was too late – a birdie on the penultimate hole to move under par – bringing an end to what should have been a fantastic day for the Team Ireland golfer.
Maguire’s final round will begin at 11:18 pm on Friday night at the same time as Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela and Sanna Nuutinen of Finland.
