Irish golfer Leona Maguire wins the LPGA Drive On Championship in US. After a final-round 67, Maguire cruised into the winner’s circle for the first time in her LPGA Tour career, becoming the first woman from Ireland to win in the Tour’s history. Her 198 ties her career-best 54-hole score, last recorded at the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship.
“Hasn’t really sunk in yet. It’s a bit surreal. It’s been a long time coming and I suppose you don’t know it’s going to happen until it actually does,” said Maguire.
“Tried to just stay really patient today. Didn’t get ahead of myself. Wanted to go out and just shoot a number. Didn’t want anybody to have to hand it to me. I wanted to go out and win it myself and earn it. Yeah, just really proud of the way I played today.”
Heading into the final day tied for the lead with Marina Alex, Maguire said she didn’t look at leader boards until the fairway on No. 18 and didn’t know how the results were beginning to net out. After carding her first birdie on No. 2, Maguire picked up speed after a bogey on No. 3 with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 and closed with a 33 on her back-nine holes.
Finishing in solo second was 11-time LPGA Tour winner Lexi Thompson. Sarah Schmelzel made six birdies in her final seven holes to jump up the leaderboard into third at -14 and came at thrird.
Leona Maguire hails from Cavan and she was two time runner-up in the past LGPA tour.
Source: LGPA.com