Leona Maguire - LPGA/LET Winner

Beaulieu

Great result following her victory in the US last weekend. Im surprised at how little attention it's getting.
Needlesstosay..nothing & I mean nothing..is up on that useless Golfnet site.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

DuckSlice

What tour is she on?

Beaulieu

She's not a pro -its the Official World Amateur rankings - she & her sister Lisa are in Duke University one of the top US Colleges.

SaveOurLyric

Beaulieu wrote: »

Great result following her victory in the US last weekend. Im surprised at how little attention it's getting.
Needlesstosay..nothing & I mean nothing..is up on that useless Golfnet site.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

'It' got attention ?

What did she win ?

Beaulieu

Good ole' Uncle Google brought this up...;);)


http://www.the42.ie/leona-maguire-duke-2056962-Apr2015/

Dr_Colossus

Great to see and a disgrace no mention of it mentioned in any of the papers here. The two of them are very low key despite all their wins and accomplishments.
Out of interest what are they studying in Duke's? Also any idea what sort of swing speed they're pumping out?

ForeRight

It's scary to see what Lydia Ko is doing at 17 when you look at these girls achievements

Fair play to them getting educated before taking the leap into the pro game. They have good parents who wouldn't let them golf until all their school work was done and they both had outstanding leaving certs as far as I remember

slave1

ForeRight wrote: »

It's scary to see what Lydia Ko is doing at 17 when you look at these girls achievements

Fair play to them getting educated before taking the leap into the pro game. They have good parents who wouldn't let them golf until all their school work was done and they both had outstanding leaving certs as far as I remember

600 and 615 points...

Speak Now

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Great to see and a disgrace no mention of it mentioned in any of the papers here. The two of them are very low key despite all their wins and accomplishments.
Out of interest what are they studying in Duke's? Also any idea what sort of swing speed they're pumping out?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/golf/inside-irish-golf-sensation-leona-maguire-blazing-trail-at-duke-325025.html

Speak Now

Another win for Leona

http://golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=player&tid=7843

Closing in on number 1 ranking

http://www.wagr.com/en/Womens-Ranking.aspx

GUI flag

TLOA72

Now no.1 in the world.
Time to change thread title.

slave1

Great news, small island for two golfing world's number ones, L has the brains, the beauty and the talent, world at her feet, good luck to her

HighLine

Probably in the minority here... but I just don't understand why she is wasting her time in college. She is going to have a life playing golf. Turn pro and start your career. Look at what Lydia Ko is doing... having just turned 18. Do what Jordan Spieth did... quit college and start making your millions.

benny79

HighLine wrote: »

Probably in the minority here... but I just don't understand why she is wasting her time in college. She is going to have a life playing golf. Turn pro and start your career. Look at what Lydia Ko is doing... having just turned 18. Do what Jordan Spieth did... quit college and start making your millions.

Have to say totally agree and was thinking the same thing.

galljga1

Thread needs a name change.

shabalala

benny79 wrote: »

Have to say totally agree and was thinking the same thing.

Lydia Ko was winning LPGA tournaments as a 16yr old amateur, Leona Maguire isn't in the same stratosphere as here in golf terms, get her education first, the odds are stacked heavily against her making it.


If she left college and failed as a pro this place would be slating her for not having something to fall back on.... cant win.

Speak Now

She's definitely doing things in the right order. Gets to play competitive golf while she's at it as well. Much more likely to be a successful pro doing it this way.

slave1

Education first, Rory and Spieth exceptions, sure it didn't do Paddy any harm or any of the other college golfers e.g. GMac

dball

acknowledged by our national broadcaster finally:http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2015/0513/700818-leona-maguire-moves-top-of-world-amateur-rankings/

slave1

Let's see how she gets on at the NCAA Womens Medal Championship in FL...

http://www.ncaa.com/2015-di-womens-golf-championships-team-leaderboard

slave1

Finished day 1 at -1, currently 3rd, Lisa finished +17 OUCH!

ForeRight

slave1 wrote: »

Lisa finished +17 OUCH!

My blesses!!!!!!!

breffni bogballer

wud either of the maguires be eligable for the rio olympics?

HighLine

breffni bogballer wrote: »

wud either of the maguires be eligable for the rio olympics?

No.... because you have to be a pro..... the irony/silliness.

SSK

Interview with Golf.com

Fair play to her, it's some achievement to get to number 1 in the world, and even more so considering it's her first year at university in the States and all of the changes and upheaval that come with that.

She's currently fourth in the NCAA championship with 5 holes left of the third round to play.

slave1

Great interview, appears very grounded

slave1

Eagle and two birdies in her first 7 holes and into joint lead, some shootin

ForeRight

2 back with 3 to play


Spare a thought for sister Lisa who finished second last on a score of +51

slave1

Finished T2, one shot back...

spacecoyote

Seems like an extremely intense event.

the 54 hole singles determines the top 8 colleges in the event who then go on to a further match play event as far as I know.

They were talking about it on golf channel last night saying that in theory the eventual winner of the whole event will play around 126 holes of golf

slave1

She was awarded the Annika Sorenstam Award as National Player of the Year

Speak Now

Duke won their Quarter final this morning 4 matches to 1.

Leona won 5&4 while Lisa lost 3&2.

ForeRight

Currently 2-2 with one match left on course to decide and they are o tge 21st hole. Leon's lost her match and the decider now is Lisa's match which would've class if she comes through after finishing her stroke play rounds 51 over

ForeRight

Amazingly lisa looks like she is about to do it for duke in the deciding match!

Delighted she is getting some attention instead of Leona

ForeRight

Cancel that!!!

Lisa's opponent just made a miracle up and down so it's on to the 23rd hole now

ForeRight

DB for lisa on the 24th to lose

Speak Now

Unfortunately lost to a bogey on 24th. Disappointing for her after having fought back from 2 down with 2 to play earlier.

slave1

BRADENTON, Fla. – Duke University freshman Leona Maguire has been named the 2015 winner of the ANNIKA Award as the National Player of the Year at the NCAA Championships in Bradenton, Fla. The award was voted on by Division I women’s golf coaches, student-athletes and media.

Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, collected a school-record 70.78 stroke average, while notching eight top five and 10 top 10 placements out of 11 tournaments during her rookie campaign. The ACC Player and Rookie of the Year totaled three victories on the season at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, ACC Championship and the South Bend Regional.

Her stroke average of 70.78 bested Duke alumna Amanda Blumenherst’s mark of 71.00 from the 2006-07 and 2007-08 campaigns. Maguire equaled Blumenherst’s Blue Devil record of 24 rounds of even or under par as well from the 2005-06 season, while her nine top five finishes this season ranked tied third.

Maguire netted a team-best 10 rounds in the 60s and counted all 32 rounds during the 2014-15 campaign. She registered a head-to-head mark of 894-54-13 on the year. Maguire currently ranks No. 1 nationally in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and the Golfstat Cup.

In the Duke freshman record books, Maguire closed the season ranking tied second in top five finishes (9), tied second in top 10 finishes (10), tied third in top 20 finishes (10), tied first in victories (3), first in stroke average (70.68) and tied first in even or under par rounds (24).

slave1

Jazuz, awards keep coming!

Maguire was named the PING WGCA Player of the Year and WGCA Freshman of the Year, which are the organization’s highest player honors for 2014-15.



http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=210114694

mikepajero182

Played one hole in front of their younger brother today in cavan. He's low single digits and very clearly already a talented golfer. Hes 15. One to watch.

Speak Now

Leona continuing her fine form in the first 2 days of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship up in Portstewart.

http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmscores.cgi?tourn=AM15~season=2015~params=P*2ESC02~

Comfortably topping the qualifying for the top 64 to head to match play.

Good comeback by Lisa today to make the last 64 as well.

irish_man

That's amazing golf. Great to see the Slieve Russell beside her name. Cavan needs all the publicity it can get! Was watching them hit at the range at the weekend and they have such smooth, controlled swings.

Speak Now

Leona already 3 up after 4 holes in her last 64 match.

Edit: 6 up after 9 now so should be nice and fresh for her last 32 match this afternoon.
Not so good for Lisa, 3 down after 4. There was the potential that they could have met in the last 16.

Speak Now

Leona won 8&6 while Lisa lost 4&3.

Speak Now

Leona won her last 32 match 4&3 so only had to play 27 holes today to win her 2 matches.

Tomorrow morning in the last 16 she will play the girl that knocked out Lisa.

slave1

RTE interviewing her...

Speak Now

Leona lost 3&1 in the last 16 this morning, it was all square at the turn and the scoreboard had her 2 up after 15 and 16. Obviously it was the Aussie girl that was ahead

Speak Now

Leona teeing it up against the pros this week on the LET.

European Masters which would be one of the bigger events on tour.

Will be interesting to see how she gets on against the pros, already tied for the lead on 3 under after 6.

Speak Now

Finished on her first round on -3, excellent effort. Tied 7th of the early starters.

ArielAtom

-2 for RD2 thru 6.

Rikand

ArielAtom wrote: »

-2 for RD2 thru 6.

-3 through 11 holes to be -6 overall.