Cool Leona excels at Carnoustie

Teenage star Leona Maguire is in position at Carnoustie to grab a prominent place in the matchplay stages of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship after yesterday’s second qualifying round.

But her 17-year-old twin sister Lisa had a nightmare, slumping to one of her worst competitive scores — 83 — and she will need a minor miracle today to survive.

Leona, the Curtis Cup player who has recently won her second Irish title, fired an opening one over par 73, a score bettered by only a handful of players. A double bogey six on the short 320-yard par four third was her major hiccup, although she recovered pretty quickly with two birdies in three holes from the eighth.