Leona Maguire: ‘It’s been a long journey... nobody sees that grind behind it’

Leona Maguire has dealt brilliantly with the external expectations and did it her way.
Leona Maguire: ‘It’s been a long journey... nobody sees that grind behind it’

Leona Maguire kisses the trophy after victory at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday. Picture: Douglas DeFelice/Getty Images

Talk all you want about God-given talent, but there’s no huge mystery to Leona Maguire’s incredible success and a maiden LPGA Tour win that likely catapults her into the world’s top 20.

Her three-shot victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers on Florida’s gulf coast was a historic first by an Irishwoman on the LPGA Tour.

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