Symetra Classic

River Run Country Club | Davidson, N.C. | May 15-17

In the Winner’s Circle with Leona Maguire

May 17, 2019

Hometown/Resides: County Cavan, Ireland

Birthdate: November 30, 1994; currently 24 years, 5 months and 17 days

Qualified for Symetra Tour: Finished T9 at the Second Stage of the 2017 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2018 Symetra Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: June 2018

            

VICTORIES

Symetra Tour: Second career victory 

LPGA Tour: N/A

PREVIOUS WIN: 2019 Windsor Golf Classic

VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD

With her win, Maguire jumps to No. 1 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $73,790 in total season earnings.

MONEY

With her win, Maguire collects a winner’s check of $26,250; she has earned $73,790 this season and $102,033 for her Symetra Tour career (2019 is her second season on the “Road to the LPGA”)

PREVIOUS SYMETRA TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES

Symetra Tour: 1st in the 2019 Windsor Golf Classic at Windsor Golf Club in Windsor, Calif.

LPGA Tour: T15 in professional debut at 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE SYMETRA TOUR

Six events played and six cuts made; $73,790 with two victories

OF NOTE 

• Maguire, 24, is from County Cavan, Ireland and had one of the most storied collegiate careers in NCAA history while at Duke University
• Owns the all-time record for most weeks (135) at No. 1 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR)
• 87 rounds of even or under par and 32 rounds in the 60s are the most in NCAA history, while her 70.97 stroke average is the lowest in NCAA history
• Four-time Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First Team All-American, four-time All-ACC selection, three-time ACC Player of the Year, two-time WGCA and ANNIKA National Player of the Year, and two-time runner-up at the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship (2015, 2017)
• Became only the second player to win the ACC Championship individual title three times, joining fellow Duke alumna Amanda Blumenherst 
• Four-time Vagliano Trophy and three-time Curtis Cup team member representing Great Britain & Ireland, including 2012 and 2016 Curtis Cup champions
• Competed in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games with a result of T21, tied for the low amateur
• 2017 Ladies’ British Open Amateur winner and Global Golf Post Female Amateur of the Year
• Made professional debut at the 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic finishing T15 and Symetra Tour debut at the 2018 Forsyth Classic with a tied for third result
• Stepped into the winner’s circle for the first time in her professional career at the 2019 Windsor Golf Classic

ABOUT SYMETRA TOUR 

The Symetra Tour is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 39th competitive season in 2019. With the support of its entitlement partner Symetra, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Since Symetra’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2012, the Symetra Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to $4.0 million in prize money awarded over the course of 24 events. With more than 600 alumnae moving on to the LPGA, former Symetra Tour players have won a total of 437 LPGA titles. Follow the Symetra Tour on the web at www.SymetraTour.com, Facebook.com/Road2LPGA, Twitter.com/Road2LPGA, and YouTube.com/Road2LPGA.

ABOUT SYMETRA 

Symetra Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue, Washington. In business since 1957, Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions and independent agents and advisors. Symetra began its partnership with the Road to the LPGA in 2010 as the title sponsor of the Symetra Classic. It secured naming rights for the Symetra Tour in November 2011. In addition to its title sponsorship of the Tour, which runs through 2021, Symetra sponsors two events on the tournament schedule—the Symetra Classic and the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship. For more information about Symetra, visit www.symetra.com.