Leona Maguire backs summer renewal of Irish Open

LPGA Tour star Maguire may have come up just short in her bid to win her national title but the first Women’s Irish Open in a decade pretty much ticked every other box

HOME COMFORTS: Ireland’s Leona Maguire has backed the staging of the Irish Open in the summer. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

Putting the Women’s Irish Open back on the golfing map was the difficult part but having labelled last week’s renewal at Dromoland Castle a “tremendous success”, Leona Maguire believes a summer date is the best way to make the event bigger and better.

LPGA Tour star Maguire may have come up just short in her bid to win her national title, missing out by a single shot on a three-way play-off ultimately won by Czech golfer Klara Spilkova, but the first Women’s Irish Open in a decade pretty much ticked every other box as it returned to the Ladies European Tour schedule.