Incremental improvement has always been the way for Cavan’s globe-trotting golfer who has the Olympics and four Majors on her upcoming busy agendaLeona Maguire was speaking at a Davy ladies' golf day. Davy is proud to support young Irish athletes. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho“Mam always jokes that I get on planes the way she used to get on buses when she was younger,” says
She’s not, she says, one to look back, there’s too much thinking to do about the present, but “people always say you should smell the roses”. So, those anniversaries have her in a reflective mood.“It just gave me a huge amount of confidence, knowing that I could perform on the biggest stage, and when I needed to, I could hit the shots. Until then, I feel like people knew me in Europe, knew me in Ireland, but not so much in the States.
What makes Maguire happiest when she reflects on her career to date is the fun and excitement it has brought her family, no day standing out more than when her now 97-year-old grandmother Kathleen Maguire accompanied her in an open-top car for her homecoming parade in her native Ballyconnell after that 2021 Solheim display.
Leona Maguire of Team Europe celebrates with the Solheim Cup after the victory over the USA at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images “Well, I don’t get up in the morning and be like, ‘ah, I have to go practice’. I do genuinely still enjoy it. There’s always something different. There’s always a new shot to learn or something to work on. Different grasses or different weather conditions. So, thankfully, I haven’t got to the point where I’m ever bored with it. Just when you think you’ve figured it out, it comes back and humbles you. And I suppose growing up with a twin sister, I was always competitive.
“A good sense of humour comes in handy too, it’s very easy to take it too seriously. Yes, it’s our job, but it is a game at the end of the day – and you do have to look on the brighter side of life. I try to stay as level as I can, not get too high with the highs, nor too low with the lows. And my pro career so far has never been massive jumps, it’s always been quite methodical, bit by bit by bit by bit. That has probably helped me stay level.
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