Leona Maguire - LPGA/LET Winner

Nice shot there. Great chance to get back to -6. In a way falling behind might help. Felt like she was a bit nervous and tense earlier, that should be gone now after the poor start and she can play with a bit more freedom.

Ah that's disappointing, it's just one of those days. Got back to -5 and then a three putt on the 14th to give it right back. Hope she finishes strong at least, I'm sure she'll have learnt a lot for next time.

Awful day for Maguire, winning score is 8 under and she started the day at 7 under.

Massive missed opportunity for her, not as if she's continually in contention to win majors, could be a long time before she gets this good an opportunity again.

Pressure is not the same in every tournament, to think it is is ridiculous.

Lee Westwood and Colin Montgomerie were capable of handling pressure in regular events as soon as a major came around they would find away to not win it.Pressure is much greater in majors than regular events because they have real meaning in the history of the sport.

It's a mix of both really. She obviously can handle pressure, we've seen that. It was just a tough day on the course and the pressure of it being a major probably didn't help. At no point did she get any momentum and that is key in these events. That 2nd shot on the 6th and subsequent bogey just knocked her completely. I watched it back and it looks like she was taking the pin on which was a poor decision as all the danger was left. Even when she got back to -5 she then three putted the 14th. She pars that and who knows, maybe finds a birdie on 15 or 16 and with 2 par 5s to finish it's all to play for but it didn't happen. As I said, momentum is key and she just never got going.

The key now is how she reacts. She needs to pick herself back up and not dwell on it. She has the game to win these events and this experience will stand to her. Time is on her side.

Exactly, one poorish round in the last round of a major when leading by 1 with loads of players in contention does not necessarily mean she is a choker. Especially so when she's been so magnificent under pressure previously (e.g. Solheim Cup) ,and only just won a tournament the weekend before .... I mean come on folks!?

The much more likely reason is fatigue imho ( of course she could also have been sick, under the weather, nursing a minor infection or injury, or any number of other reasons). If Fatigue & weariness catches up with you when you're trying to rally your game to win the last round of a major, that's like swimming against the tide, almost impossible. Fwiw, I think that's the most likely explanation of Leona's last round. Tbh.

I think the experience will stand to her though, & serve her well in the future.

( as long as she doesn't start listening to people like Jack Daw & Delly Belly !!)

One would need deeper contexts too -like how many leaders shot a decent under par round but were pipped by someone shooting even lower.

Also how many leaders shot their poorest round of the tournament on the final day or how many built up a good lead and dribbled it away.

Each case must be assessed on its merits at the time. To me it seems clear that Leona tightened up with tension at the enormity of what she could potentially achieve and consequently produced a round, totally at odds with her previous three, which was almost embarrassingly bad.

Hopefully she will generate another opportunity but yesterday was a glorious chance with so many of the world's leading players out of the equation e.g. most of the top twenty were either cut or out of contention - Nelly Korda , Lydia Ko. Lilia Vu, Thitikul , Henderson, Lexi, Kupcho, Kang etc.

Even a par round would have netted her the consolation of an extra half million bucks or so !

She didn't choke but she did crack a bit.

Leona played some superb shots in her second round of the AIG Womens Open major at Walton Heath but her putting was utterly inept -bordering on embarrassing - missing at least 4 putts of 5 ft or less. Can't win a major unless that can be turned around . Plus she'll tend to be off the pace somewhat on the par 5s because of her length disadvantage against the best in the field -yesterdy's three par fives produced 5 ,5 and yet another 6 !