Leona prepares to tee off on final day

Leona ended today (Saturday) -5 to get to -11 overall

Cavan's Leona Maguire goes into the final round at the Dana Open in Ohio today (Sunday) close behind the leaders and within striking distance of mounting a serious challenge for a win herself.

Leona ended Saturday -5 to get to -11 overall, and now sits behind 19-year-old American Lucy Li (-14) at the top of the leaderboard, followed by her country compatriot Lexi Thompson and German Caroline Masson on -13.

But the Ballyconnell native is within a tight pack, tying at time of tee off, with six others- Japan's Nasa Hataoka, Australians Hannah Green and Lydia Ko, Chinese golfers Yin Ruoning and Lin Xiyu, and Korean Kim Sei-young.

Leona played her way into contention with some excellent golf, with a series of strong pars, augmented by scoring birdies, back to back at holes 3 and 4, and an important point scorer at 16.

She tees off at around 3pm GMT.