Leona Maguire is a three time Olympian and two time winner of the LPGA Tour.
In 2024 she became the first Irish woman to win on the Ladies European Tour. At the Olympic Games, she finished 21st at Rio 2016, 23rd at Tokyo 2020 and 59th at Paris 2024.
At Rio 2016 she was the leading amateur of the field and was caddied that week by her identical twin sister Lisa. The Olympic family connections don't stop there - Lisa's first cousin is rower Ross Corrigan, who competed at Paris 2024.
On her Solheim Cup debut in 2021 she set a rookie record of 4.5 points from five matches as Europe won, and played again as Europe retained the trophy at the 2026 Solheim Cup in the Netherlands. In 2021 she shot a 61 in the final round of the Evian Championship - the lowest final-round score in the history of any major championship, men's or women's, and the joint-lowest round in any round of a major.
She held the world amateur number one ranking for a record 135 consecutive weeks and won the 2017 Women's British Amateur Championship. Maguire grew up in Ballyconnell, County Cavan, the daughter of two teachers, and attended Loreto College, Cavan. She focused exclusively on golf from the age of nine and at 12 became the youngest player to compete in a Ladies European Tour event. She studied psychology at Duke University on a golf scholarship, winning ten individual collegiate titles. Her twin sister Lisa was also a professional golfer before retiring in 2019 to manage her career.
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