Hometown/Resides: County Cavan, Ireland

Birthdate: November 30, 1994; currently 24 years, 4 months and 8 days

Qualified for Epson Tour: Finished T9 at the Second Stage of the 2017 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2018 Epson Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: June 2018

VICTORIES

Epson Tour: First career victory

LPGA Tour: N/A

PREVIOUS WIN: 2018 ACC Women’s Golf Championship individual title at Grandover Resort & Conference Center’s East Course

VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD

With her win, Maguire jumps to No. 1 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $36,510 in total season earnings.

MONEY

With her win, Maguire collects a winner’s check of $22,500; she has earned $36,510 this season and $64,753 for her Epson Tour career (2019 is her second season on the “Road to the LPGA”)

PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES

Epson Tour: T3 in Epson Tour debut at 2018 Forsyth Classic presented by Decatur Park District and 2018 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge

LPGA Tour: T15 in professional debut at 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR

Four events played and four cuts made; $36,510 with one victory

OF NOTE

Maguire, 24, is from County Cavan, Ireland and had one of the most storied collegiate careers in NCAA history while at Duke University
Owns the all-time record for most weeks (135) at No. 1 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR)
87 rounds of even or under par and 32 rounds in the 60s are the most in NCAA history, while her 70.97 stroke average is the lowest in NCAA history
Four-time Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First Team All-American, four-time All-ACC selection, three-time ACC Player of the Year, two-time WGCA and ANNIKA National Player of the Year, and two-time runner-up at the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship (2015, 2017)
Became only the second player to win the ACC Championship individual title three times, joining fellow Duke alumna Amanda Blumenherst
Four-time Vagliano Trophy and three-time Curtis Cup team member representing Great Britain & Ireland, including 2012 and 2016 Curtis Cup champions
Competed in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games with a result of T21, tied for the low amateur
2017 Ladies’ British Open Amateur winner and Global Golf Post Female Amateur of the Year
Made professional debut at the 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic finishing T15 and Epson Tour debut at the 2018 Forsyth Classic with a tied for third result

In the Winner's Circle with Leona Maguire

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