back nine

"That one on 11 -- I hit a couple of poor iron shots there on 11 and 12 -- but that putt was big and I managed to just keep it going through the back nine," said Fleetwood.

Fleetwood and Thomas jousted through the back nine and also made it to the last all square.

In the only real beating handed out, Xander Schauffele strolled to victory over Jon Rahm, winning four of five holes on the back nine to ease to a 4&3 win. 12-8.

Fitzpatrick fired a five-under 67 to finish at 15 under par, alongside Ewen Ferguson of Scotland who shot four birdies in five holes on the back nine but was undone by a bogey-six on the last.

The only blemish on Takeda's scorecard was a double-bogey seven at the ninth, with four birdies on the back nine putting her alongside Okayama at the top of the leaderboard.