Murphy harrowingly succumbed to South Africa's Colleen Piketh by two shots after leading for vast portions of the match, and having won just two days earlier.

"Nothing really changed between the two matches (since the sectional match), the green was pretty slow and doughy for the night game this time, but she was just more up and at-it than I was and that was the difference," Murphy said.

"I’ll relax now, I suppose, and get straight back into it on Monday.

"We have another chance next week."