Ruthless Leona Maguire tees up matchplay final showdown with World No. 1 Nelly Korda

Leona Maguire dispatched Sei-Young Kim to set up a final showdown with World No. 1 Nelly Korda in the T-Mobile World Matchplay in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Maguire, in fine form all week, having topped the three-round strokeplay phase of the competition and qualified for the knockout bracket as top seed, beat Moriya Jutanugarn earlier on Saturday before facing off against the Korean in yesterday's semi.

As in her quarter-final, Maguire started quickly, going 2up thru 3, capitalising on her opponent's opening bogey and then rolling in a birdie on the third.

The Korean pulled one back with a birdie at the fourth but stumbled with bogeys at the seventh and tenth and Maguire, playing steadily around a difficult layout, was now clearly in command.

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Kim comfortably won the 14th with a birdie while Maguire bogeyed but the Cavan woman bounced back to win the 15th in par and now sat dormey 3.

A straightforward half on the next hole was enough to secure victory by 3&2.

The final will pit Maguire against the world's form player Korda, incredibly seeking her fourth consecutive LPGA Tour win on the trot.

Korda made light work of Na-Rin An in the other semi-final, cruising to a 4&3 victory.

The final gets underway at 9.55pm Irish time.

"Nelly is the best in the world right now," Maguire said.

"She's on a really hot streak. It's been incredibly impressive what she's been doing in the past few weeks."It's going to be a really tough battle tomorrow," she continued. "I've got abig challenge ahead of me. I'm excited. I mean, that's why you practice.

"You want to play the best players in the world and that's what Nelly is."

"(Maguire is) just so consistent," Korda said. "Such a tough competitor. Really grinds out there. We've had a couple battles