Leona Maguire

Leona Maguire
Maguire in 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)
County Cavan, Ireland
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality Ireland
ResidenceCavan, Ireland
Career
CollegeDuke University
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT18: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT8: 2022
Women's British OpenT4: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2021
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal2015, 2016, 2017

Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994)[1] is an Irish professional golfer. She held the record for the most weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking,[2] and in 2022 became the first — and, to date, only — Irish woman to win on the LPGA Tour. In 2024 she became the first Irish woman to win on the Ladies European Tour.

With a score of 61 in the final round of the 2021 Evian Championship, Maguire holds the record for the lowest-ever score in the final round of any major championship (men or women) and the joint lowest round in any round of a major.[3] During the 2021 Solheim Cup, she broke the all-time rookie points record in either the Solheim Cup or the Ryder Cup with a total of 4.5.

  1. ^ "2010 Curtis Cup Roster". USGA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Rose Zhang sets new record as the world's leading women's amateur golfer". World Amateur Golf Ranking. 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/golf/12363985/maguire-equals-major-history-at-evian [bare URL]