The two go back a long way. During Peacock TV’s transmission of the final round of the KPMG PGA Women’s Championship, a photograph of Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire was put up on screen of the pair at the 2012 Irish Ladies Close Final at Baltray to show how far their connect goes and, in a way, to demonstrate how far they have come.
The journey is not yet finished; and while neither ultimately managed to land that breakthrough Major win by an Irish woman golfer, with Meadow finishing tied-third behind China’s Ruoning Yin and Maguire tied-11th, the fact that two Irish players were together in the final group of a Major’s final round smacks of true progress.
And wh …
- June 27, 2023
