Leona Maguire would cherish Olympic gold above major breakthrough

No Irish woman has ever won an LPGA event, let alone a major, but the 26-year-old is trending towards something special with four top 10s in her first full calendar year as a pro

DRIVEN: Leona Maguire on the 8th at the LPGA Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, California. Picture: Jed Jacobsohn, Getty Images

Check out Leona Maguire’s stats on the world golf rankings webpage and there’s an accompanying graph which skyrockets upwards and sums things up pretty neatly.

Finishing second to Nelly Korda last weekend nudged Maguire up to a career-high of 63 in the world and she tees it up today in her second major of the year, the KPMG PGA Championship.