Maguire suffered a series of bogeys on the back nine to sign for a disappointing 74, leaving her on level par for the tournament. She has just completed her round, and after a double bogey on the 10th, finished +3 on Day 1.
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Leona has twin sister Lisa, herself a talented and accomplished golfer, by her side for support as her caddy.
Meadow handed one shot back on the back nine, making bogey on the 11th but responded with three birdies in a row on the 15th, 16th and 17th and sits on one over at the halfway stage in a tie for 38th place.
Maguire’s playing partner, world number one Lydia Ko, did manage to storm into medal contention with the aid of the day’s second hole-in-one – China’s Xiya Lun having done so earlier. That placed the Duke junior in the top 10 overall.
Meadow, 24, posted a level-par 71 to remain one over in equal 24th position.
That was halted nearly immediately at the eighth with a double bogey to send her back down the field once more, and into red figures – and things worsened with bogeys at 12 and 13. She heads into the final round tied for 24th.
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It gave the 31-year-old American from Toledo, Ohio a one-stroke advantage over Britain’s Charley Hull and South Korea’s Park Inbee heading towards the end of the second day’s play.
