Golf professional from Ireland is named Leona Maguire. Maguire presently competes on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She competed on the Symetra Tour in the past and won two competitions there. She now holds the record for the longest period of time at the top of the women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (135 weeks).

From May 2015 to May 2016 and from August 2016 to February 2018, she held the top spot in the rankings. She also owns the record for the lowest score ever recorded by a golfer, male or female, in the final round of a major. According to the Women’s World Golf Rankings, she is currently ranked No. 43. She is Lisa Maguire’s twin sister, a professional golfer as well.

How much is the Net worth of Leona Maguire?

Leona Maguire makes money playing golf professionally. Prize money, contracts, endorsements, and sponsorships provide her with revenue. She signed sponsorship agreements with Puma, Ping, Allianz, and KPMG when she went pro in 2018. In August 2021, her career earnings exceeded $1 million. She lost out on more than $100,000 in prize money because she was an amateur. Her current estimated net worth is said to be approximately $200,000.

Early Years and Bio

On November 30, 1994, Leona Maguire was born. Ireland’s County Cavan is where she was born. She is of Irish ancestry. She was conceived by her mother Breda Maguire and her father Declan Maguire. Lisa, a sister, and Odhran, a brother, are her two siblings. Also, she practices Christianity and is of white ethnicity.

What is the Professional Career of Leona Maguire?

In March 2005, Leona Maguire began her amateur golfing career. At the Castle Hume golf course in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, she played her first round as an amateur. She had a 36 handicap when playing. She fired a final round of 61 to win the 10th HSBC British Wee Wonders Championship at the Balgove Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, by 11 strokes. In the Young Masters Golf Junior Series held at La Manga in Spain in November 2005, she came in second place to her sister Lisa. In August 2006, she tied for third place in the U12 World Golf Championships in Pinehurst. Lisa, her sister, won the U12 world championship after outlasting more than 800 rivals from 30 different nations.

Additionally, In May 2007, she took home the Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup. The St. Leonard’s Scottish U-16 Open, Connacht Girls U-18 Championship, Ulster U-19 Schools Championship, Darren Clarke 2007 Girls Championship, and Girls Interprovincial Championship were further titles she won in 2007. In 2007, she came in second place at the Midland and Leinster Championships. In 2008, she triumphed in Paris as the French U18 International champion. 2008 saw her defend the Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup. In May 2008, she triumphed in the Lancome Irish Ladies Close Championship. In July 2008, her sister Lisa won the Lancome Irish Girls Close Championship.

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In July 2008, she came in second place to her sister Lisa at the European Young Masters in Chantilly. The sisters met the requirements to be members of the European Junior Ryder Cup Team. The identical twins shared the title of Women’s Amateur of the Year at the 2008 AIB Irish Golf Writers’ Awards. In April 2009, she took first place in the French International Lady Juniors U21 Amateur. In April 2009, she triumphed in the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Golf Championship. When Team Ireland overcame Finland in the championship match in July 2009, Ireland won the European Championships for the first time in the country’s golfing history.

The Ireland team included Leona and her sister Lisa. She was awarded the 2009 Irish Ladies Golf Union Order of Merit. In April 2010, she triumphed for the second time in a row at the French U21 Open. She also kept the Esmond Award. In 2010, she received the silver medal in the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Ranking. In January 2011, she triumphed by 15 strokes at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship. She won the Irish Women’s Open Strokeplay title, the French U21 title, and the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2011. She received the silver medal in the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Ranking. The 2011 AIB Irish Golf Writers Awards recognized Leona and her sister Lisa as the Women’s Amateur of the Year.

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At the County Louth Golf Club in June 2012, she won the Irish Women’s Close Amateur Championship for the second time in her career. In 2013, at the Hermitage Golf Club in Lucan, Dublin, she took home the Hermitage Scratch Cup. She graduated with the highest academic honors from Loreto College in Cavan, Ireland’s secondary school, and enrolled at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in 2014. In May 2015, she rose to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In 2015, she contributed to Duke’s victory at the NCAA South Bend Regional. She received votes for both ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Player of the Year awards. Additionally, she was chosen for the ACC All-Star team.

She also received ACC Golfer of the Month honors in 2015 for the months of March and April. In May 2015, she received the Annika Award as the top female collegiate golfer in America for the year. In May 2015, she was selected to play on the South Bend Region All-Star squad. She received recognition as the 2015 WGCA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in addition to being selected for the WGCA All-American team. She also received the Golfstat Cup, which is given to the athlete with the best scoring average for the 2014–15 season. Additionally, she tied the Duke record for 24 par or better rounds in a season and the record for the most victories in a season with three.

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In June 2015, she was named to the Golfweek First Team All-America and received the Golfweek National Player of the Year honor. In July, she was selected for the WGCA 2015 All-American Scholar Team. She was invited to participate in the European Ladies Tour’s ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters, which was held from July 2–5 at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Denham, England, as a guest amateur. Despite coming in second, she was an amateur and was unable to take the second place award money. In August, she received the Mark H. McCormack Medal, which is granted each year to the top-ranked female amateur player in the world.

The first woman from the Republic of Ireland to ever reach the cut in a major, she finished as the top amateur. In September, she received the gold medal in the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Ranking. When she finished first among amateurs in the prestigious Ricoh Women’s British Open in July 2016, she was awarded the Smyth Salver. After gaining points at the British Open in August 2016, she reclaimed her position as the top amateur player in the world. In August 2016, she received the Mark H. McCormack Medal, which is granted yearly to the top-ranked female amateur player in the world. In the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy, she assisted Ireland in winning the bronze medal for third place.

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Maguire received the gold medal in the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Ranking for the second time in a row. In November, she assisted Duke in winning the East Lake Cup at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She declared that she would start a career following the Olympics in Brazil. Also, she contributed to Duke’s 2017 team championship victory. She triumphed in LSU Tiger Golf Classic. In April 2017, she won the ACC Championship for the second time in her career and contributed to Duke winning the ACC team championship. For the second time in her career, she was selected as the ACC Women’s Golfer of the Year in May.

For the second time in three years, she received the USA Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) National Player of the Year award in May. In June, she became the first player to win the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Also, In June, she was recognized as the Women’s ACC Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In June, she earned her second career victory as the Golfweek National Player of the Year. The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) presented her with the 2017 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award in July. In August, she received the Mark H. McCormack Medal, which is granted each year to the top-ranked female amateur golfer in the world. She contributed to Duke’s team victory and to the team’s 33-under par 819 score, a new school team scoring record.

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She established a brand-new 54-hole score and under par (-33) Jim West Challenge tournament record (819). For the third year running, she received the gold medal in the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Ranking in October. In November, she received the 2017 Global Golf Post Female Amateur of the Year award. She was named the 2017 AmateurGolf.com Women’s Player of the Year as well as the Irish Golf Writers’ Women’s Amateur of the Year. With 131 weeks at the top of the World Amateur rankings in January 2018, she surpassed Lydia Ko’s previous record. The ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan postgraduate fellowship, given to chosen student-athletes who want to pursue a graduate degree after completing their undergraduate requirements, was named in her honor in 2018.

In April 2018, she received the Duke University Lifetime Achievement Award. In May, she received the ACC Plaque for Excellence in Scholarship, Athletics, and Community Service. The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) presented her with the Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award in July for the second consecutive year. She began her career in June 2018. Leona and Lisa joined Niall Horan’s golf management firm, Modest! Golf, together with Lisa, their identical twin. Additionally, she agreed to be sponsored by KMPG, Ping, Allianz, and Puma. In June 2018, she made her professional LPGA Tour debut at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She came in at position fifteen.

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At the June Decatur-Forsyth Classic, where she made her Symetra Tour debut, she came in third. She participated in the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De Espana Femenino in November to make her professional debut on the Ladies’ European Tour. After placing fourth in the IOA Championship on the Symetra Tour in April, she climbed into the top 300 in the world rankings. In April 2019, she triumphed in her first professional competition at the Windsor Golf Classic in Windsor, California. At the LET Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic in May on the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, she smashed the previous record. The worst round of her professional career was her round of 64.

By placing seventh on the Symetra Tour money list, she earned a spot on the LPGA Tour for the 2020 season. On the LPGA Priority List for the 2020 season, she was listed at number 100. With a fourth-place result in the ISPS Handa Vic Open at the 13th Beach Golf Links on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria in February 2020, she earned her first top-five placing as an LPGA professional. She was the first Irish golfer to win the top spot and the first Duke University alumna to do so. She finished the year ranked first in the LPGA Putting Average statistics list with an average of 28.69 putts per round. The Lotte Championship, held in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii in April 2021, marked her best finish on the LPGA Tour and the best ever by an Irish woman golfer.

She tied for second place. She made her debut appearance in the top 100 of the Women’s World Golf Rankings. Also, she came in second place to Nelly Korda at the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan, held in June at the Blythefield Country Club. In the Women’s British Open in 2021, she came in 13th place. In the global golf rankings, she rose as high as number 43 in her career. She was chosen to compete with Team Europe in the Solheim Cup in 2021. With a total of 4.5 points, she broke the all-time rookie record for points in either the Solheim Cup or the Ryder Cup. This helped Europe win the cup.

Who is the boyfriend of Leona Maguire?

Leona Maguire has not yet gotten married. According to reports, the Irish golfer is now single. Regarding her personal life, she keeps everything private. Her prior romantic relationships are unknown. Her relationship status will be updated here if there are any changes.

Body Measurement: What tall is Leona Maguire?

Leona Maguire is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and has a height of 1.68 m. She weighs about 130 pounds, or 59 kg, in total. The Irish golfer has a lean, athletic body. Her hair is dark brown, and she has hazel eyes. She is straight in her sexuality.

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