Leona Maguire’s Best Year Yet

Things are going better than ever for Leona Maguire. With a fourth-place finish at the Andalucia Open de Espana on Sunday Nov. 27th, the 27-year-old rounded off her best season so far by maintaining her 11th-in-the-world-rank, a career-high. She had moved up nine places following a second-place finish at the CME Championship a week prior, missing out on the largest-ever …

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Weekly Roundup- D’Arcy Wins Gold at Youth Boxing Championships

World Youth Boxing Championships: Cliona D’Arcy Wins Heavyweight Gold For Ireland Cliona D’Arcy won heavyweight gold for Ireland at the World Youth Boxing Championships on Saturday in La Nucia, Spain, after a win against India’s Kirti Kirti. She won all three rounds, with the final score 5-0: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, 30-27. Light heavyweight Dearbhla Tinnelly and light middleweight Laura …

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Maguire Takes Second to Ko in the CME Group Tour Championship

Last Saturday, Leona Maguire carded a nine-under 63 after 3 rounds of the CME Group Tour Championship in Florida. This set up a thrilling duel between herself and Lydia Ko for the richest prize known to women’s golf, $2 million.    Maguire is one of the 11 first-time winners on the LPGA Tour this year. Lydia Ko was one of …

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2nd for Jennings in Ultramarathon, Biggest ever payday for Maguire- Weekend Roundup

National Cross Country Championships- First Senior Title for Healy  Sarah Healy claimed her first national senior title at the National Cross Country Championships in Donegal this weekend in the 8000m, besting European silver medallist Ciara Mageean by 15 seconds with a time of 27:05– though Mageean still impressed as she ran much of the last lap with only one spike. …

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Weekly Roundup- Ireland to face Morocco in International Friendly, New Zealand wins Women’s Rugby World Cup

Republic of Ireland to face Morocco today in International Friendly The Republic of Ireland women’s team will face Morocco today in an International Friendly to finish their 8-day training camp in Marbella, Spain as they prepare for the World Cup next summer. Ireland played Morocco Friday in a behind-closed-doors game. The International Friendly will be broadcast live on the RTE …

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Leona Maguire: Irish Role Model Announces €20k to Clare Primary Schools

With Leona Maguire being the face of women’s golf in Ireland, it’s clear the impact she has on many rising golf stars. Those young golfers mean so much to Maguire because she did not have any women golfers to look up to when she was young, so she is taking every opportunity to embrace her role.  “I would love to …

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Katie O’Brien Wins Gold- Weekend Roundup

KPMG Women’s Irish Open- Maguire and Walsh Miss Out The Irish Women’s Open returned to the Ladies’ European Tour after a ten-year hiatus. Ireland’s Leona Maguire made a remarkable comeback from a difficult beginning which had left her ten shots behind, but missed making the 14-under-par required to make it into the play-off by just one shot. This left a …

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Spilkova Claims Victory At KPMG Women’s Irish Open

The KPMG Women’s Irish Open has come to an end and we have our champion, Klara Spilkova claimed her second victory on the Ladies European Tour (LET) after a three-person playoff. This victory is her second on the LET and first since 2017. The Czech star fired a final round of 67 (-5) to end the tournament on 14-under-par alongside …

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