Leona Maguire
| Leona Maguire | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Maguire at the 2011 European Amateur
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
30 November 1994 Cavan, Ireland |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 Ireland
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| Residence | Cavan, Ireland |
| Career | |
| College | Duke University |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | CUT: 2016 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2016 |
| Women's British Open | T25: 2016 |
| Evian Championship | T34: 2015 |
Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish amateur golfer. She is ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from 2 August 2016 and was also ranked first for the 52 weeks from May 2015 to May 2016. A native of County Cavan, her parents are schoolteachers Declan and Breda Maguire. At the age of 9, she gave up a promising swimming career to concentrate on golf. She is 15 minutes younger than her twin sister Lisa Maguire who is also an accomplished golfer.
2006
In August at the age of 11, Maguire came joint third in the under-12 World Golf Championship at Pinehurst in North Carolina. Her twin sister Lisa Maguire beat off more than 800 competitors from 30 countries to become the new under-12 world champion. In September, the twins were chosen to bring the Ryder Cup trophy to the stage during the presentation ceremony after Europe's win at the K Club against the USA.
2007
On 6 May, Maguire became the youngest winner of the Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup at the age of 12. She also won the St. Leonard's Scottish U-16 Open; Connacht Girls U-18 Championship; Ulster U-19 Schools Championship; The Darren Clarke 2007 Girls Championship; Girls Interprovincial Championship and was Runner-up in the Midland and Leinster Championships.
2008
In March at the age of thirteen, Maguire won the French Under-18 International title in Paris. On 4 May she successfully defended the Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup. On 21 May, she won the Lancome Irish Ladies Close Championship at Westport, County Mayo. She beat her twin sister Lisa by 3 and 2 in the final. On 19 July, the positions were reversed when Lisa triumphed over her sister 4 and 3 in the final of the Lancome Irish Girls Close Championship at Mullingar Golf Club. It was the first time in the history of Irish Golf that the Irish Champions of both the Ladies and Girls events come from the same family let alone twin sisters. On 26 July, Leona finished runner-up to her sister who beat her by four shots in the European Young Masters at Chantilly, France. As a result, both twins were picked for the European Junior Ryder Cup Team which later lost to the USA at Olde Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky on 17 September. In December, Leona and her sister Lisa were named jointly as the Women's Amateur of the Year at the AIB Irish Golf Writers' awards for 2008.
2009
In April, Maguire won the French International Lady Juniors U21 Amateur. On 26 April, at the age of 14, she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Strokeplay Golf Championship played at Troon Portland and Troon Old Course after a final round score of 73 for a 54 hole aggregate score of −6, 219. Her sister Lisa came third. On 11 July, the twins were part of the four girl Ireland team which defeated Sweden 4–1 in the final of the Girls' European Team Championships at Kokkola, Finland to become European Champions for the first time in Irish golfing history. She played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy in July, becoming the youngest player at the age of 14 ever to represent the side, along with her twin sister, Lisa. The twins were the joint top highest scorers for the GB&I side which lost to Europe 13–11. Both twins were selected for the 2009 Junior Solheim Cup Team at the Aurora Country Club, Illinois, US in August. She won the Irish Ladies Golf Union Order of Merit award for 2009.
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