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Leona Maguire through to Match-Play semi-finals

The Cavan woman faces Japan’s Ayaka Furue in the last four.

LAST UPDATE | 28 May 2023

LEONA MAGUIRE HAS made it through to the last four of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play with a 3&2 win over American Lindsey Weaver-Wright. 

It follows her 5&3 quarter-final win over France’s Perrine Delacour, and she will now face Japan’s Ayaka Furue in today’s semi-finals. 

Maguire was two-down to Weaver-Wright through three holes, won five of the next six holes to take command. She won the par-five fourth with a birdie and after they split the fifth Maguire won four straight in a run highlighted by her chip-in for eagle at the seventh.

“It was a bit back and forth,” said Maguire, who had gone bogey-free in her morning victory over Delacour. “I was two-down early, chipped in for eagle on seven which was sort of a nice momentum kick forward.”

The other semi-final on Sunday morning will pit Sweden’s Linn Grant against Thailand’s Parajee Anannarukarn. 

Updated at 10.25 on 28/05 with details of quarter-finals win  

 

 

 

 

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    May 27th 2023, 4:00 PM

    Best of luck Leona.

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    May 28th 2023, 1:44 AM

    @TC Murphy: mait thu.

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    May 28th 2023, 10:39 AM

    An Cabhán abú!

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    May 28th 2023, 1:35 PM

    Excellent performance last night. Was two behind early on, turned it on its head with no drama. Matchplay really suits Leona; she is a fearless competitor capable of grinding down her opponent and has the experience to know when to push forward or hold back. She has a great chance to win this tournament, best of luck to her

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    May 28th 2023, 12:15 PM

    Is this on tv?

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    May 28th 2023, 12:42 PM

    @James Lee: yes, on SkySports Golf

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    May 28th 2023, 3:39 PM

    @Kevin Dillon: cheers kevin.

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