Pádraig Harrington is looking to "free up" and play his normal swashbuckling game as he bids for his third win of the PGA Tour Champions season in the Ascension Charity Classic in St Louis and crucial points in his Charles Schwab Cup battle with Steven Alker.

Leona Maguire carded a bogey-free five-under 67 to move closer to the leaders in the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G in Cincinnati.