No joy for Leona Maguire as Koreans Im and Lee win Dow Championship
The Irish Goodbyes closed with a two-under 68 in the final round fourballs to finish tied for 18th on three-under.
American duo Megan Khang and Lexi Thompson closed with a 60 to set the target at 20 under, but lost in a foursomes format playoff to Koreans Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee.
Lee made an eight-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole before Khang missed from five feet to extend the playoff.
Im and Lee, who closed with a 62, are in their second year on the LPGA Tour.
It was their first title in America, though both were prolific winners on the Korea LPGA, with Im winning six titles to Lee's five.
There was also a maiden win in the US for Aldrich Potgeiter, who at 20 years, 9 months and 16 days became the youngest South African to win on the PGA Tour.
The former Amateur Championship winner won the Rocket Classic when he beat Max Greyserman on the fifth extra hole at Detroit Golf Club after Chris Kirk had been eliminated from the playoff with a bogey at the second tie hole.
A birdie from 18 feet on the par-three 15th clinched it for Potgieter.
Kirk missed a nine-footer to win on the first tie hole but dropped out of the playoff after missing a four footer for par at the second.
Potgieter was two strokes ahead entering the final round and closed with a three-under 69 to tie on 22 under with Greyserman and Kirk, who both shot 67.
'It was definitely a tough day,' Potgieter said. 'The start didn't go my way, I struggled to make putts, left a lot short.
'Finally got one to the hole, and I just saw the ball roll end over end, and I knew it was going to go in.'
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