'Team player' Maguire helps salvage brutal Solheim week

'I think I proved today there’s more than one way to skin a cat, and I think I made plenty of birdies today,' said Leona Maguire.

HARD DONE BY? Europe's Leona Maguire hits from the third tee during the Solheim Cup. Pic: Chris Szagola/AP

It wasn’t enough to help Europe win its fourth straight Solheim Cup, but it was a much-needed result for Ireland’s Leona Maguire to salvage what proved to be a brutal week for one of architects of Europe’s recent success in the biennial event.

Sent out in the penultimate of the 12 singles matches on Sunday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Maguire did all she could in a decisive 4&3 drubbing of American Ally Ewing.