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Leona Maguire siblings: Meet her twin sister Lisa Maguire

Lisa Maguire is best received as a former Irish professional golfer. In 2011, she was ranked as high as 10th in the world on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. She retired in 2019.

Leona Maguire siblings: Meet her twin sister Lisa Maguire

Lisa is the twin sister of Leona. She is 15 minutes older than her twin sister Leona who is also a professional golfer. Sharing the same parents, they are natives of County Cavan, born to their parents schoolteachers Declan Maguire their father, and Breda Maguire their mother. At the age of 9, she gave up a swimming career to concentrate on golf, after breaking her arm in a playground accident.

Lisa began her amateur golf career on 17 March 2005 in a competition at Castle Hume golf course in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, playing off a handicap of 36. She was the leading golfer in the Lady Captain’s prize at Castle Hume but winners had to be aged 18+ whereas she was only 10 years old so she was ineligible for the prize. She later achieved her first hole-in-one at Dunmurry’s 163-yard 16th hole in the Peggy Nelson Trophy finals. On 13 November she won the Young Masters Golf Junior Series at La Manga in Spain.

On 5 April, Maguire made her debut on the LET Access Series at the Terre Blanche Ladies Open at Golf de Terre Blanche in Tourrettes, France where she made the cut and finished in 41st place. On 17 May, Maguire achieved her highest placing as a professional with 6th place in the LET Access Series Neuchatel Ladies Championship held at Saint Blaise, Switzerland, with a final total of 224.

On 7 November 2019, Maguire retired from professional golf due to a failure to develop a new swing that would allow her to compete at professional levels. Her average drive was 220 yards which left her 40 yards or more behind the professional average. She intends to move into golf management with Modest Golf!

Source: Ghanafuo.com

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