Behind the sunglasses lay the eyes of a golfing assassin, who performed her duties to perfection: Leona Maguire’s killer instinct down the stretch – producing a run of birdie-eagle-par-birdie-birdie-birdie from the 13th for a magnificent bogey-free round of 64 – gave the 28-year-old Co Cavan golfer victory in the Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield Country Club in Michigan.
For Maguire, claiming her second career win on the LPGA Tour, the win more than compensated for past near-misses in the tournament, where she finished second to Nelly Korda and lost out in a playoff to Jennifer Kupcho a year ago.
This time, there was a sense of purpose and delivery in moving to the top on her own. A final round 64 for a total o …
- June 19, 2023
