Maguire and Meadow eyeing major success at Muirfield

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow will be looking to draw on their extensive amateur experience as they head into this week's major tournament in Scotland.

The AIG Women’s Open is taking place at the renowned Muirfield course and the two Irish players will be channelling their amateur days, playing the tricky and testing links courses of Ireland and Scotland.

Meadow was a member of 2019 Open venue, Portrush, before moving Stateside and while Maguire learned her trade at the excellent parkland Slieve Russell course in Cavan, she would have played many competitions on the coastal courses in her amateur days.

Maguire and Meadow represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2012 Curtis Cup winning team at Nairn links in Scotland, while both golfers won prestigious events on the renowned seaside courses of Baltray and Carnoustie respectively.

Meadow did not play in last year’s event at Carnoustie, however, Maguire finished a very creditable 13th following a very consistent week in Scotland, including an excellent five-under 67 in the second round.

Since then, Maguire has continued to rise up the world rankings and is now the second highest ranked European player, sitting in 22nd position, five places behind Celine Boutier of France.

Maguire has enjoyed victory on the LPGA Tour and has has had a consistent season in the top-tier of women’s golf, including a second-place finish at the Meijer LPGA Classic in June.

Meadow remains outside the world’s top 100, however, the Jordanstown native’s form has been good in recent months, moving up 28 places to 112th since March. And Meadow has always been one to watch at the major tournaments since finishing third in her maiden outing back at the 2014 US Open, and the Olympian secured a top ten