What prize money did Leona Maguire win? Where does Leona Maguire live now?

Leona Maguire was born on 30 November 1994 and is an Irish professional golfer.

Leona Maguire held the record for the most weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, and in 2022 became the first Irish woman to win on the LPGA Tour.

With a score of 61 in the final round of the 2021 Evian Championship, Maguire holds the record for the lowest-ever score in the final round of any major championship (men or women), and the joint lowest round in any round of a major.

During the 2021 Solheim Cup, she broke the all-time rookie points record in either the Solheim Cup or the Ryder Cup with a total of 4.5 points.

Maguire is a native of County Cavan. At the age of 9, she gave up a promising swimming career to concentrate on golf.

She is 15 minutes younger than her twin sister, Lisa Maguire, who was also a professional golfer and retired in 2019.

What prize money did Leona Maguire win?

The golfer pushed extra to make a bogey-free scorecard with six birdies and an eagle. The first-time Meijer LPGA Classic champion claimed the winner’s paycheck of $375,000 from the event’s $2.5 million prize purse. She also earned some valuable Rolex World Women’s Rankings with the win.

Where does Leona Maguire live now?

Today, Maguire is living a dream in Florida that was first forged on the fairways of her home county of Cavan some two decades ago.