Leona No 1, Bronte No 2, Olivia No 5 in updated World Rankings

WAGR Rankings

Duke’s Leona Maguire Returns to No. 1 in World Amateur Rankings... Bronte Law No 2, Olivia Mehaffey No 5

 

August 8, 2016

 

DURHAM, North Carolina -  As she gets prepared to open Olympic action for Ireland this month, Duke University junior Leona Maguire (pictured with her Mum and the Curtis Cup) has moved back into the No. 1 slot in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking system. 

 

Maguire moved up two spots back into the position where she was for almost a year.  A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire owns 1584.3193 points and is ahead of England's Bronte Law (1576.2674) and previous No. 1 Hannah O’Sullivan (1564.4460). 

Olivia Mehaffey from Ireland is No 5.

 

Over the summer, Maguire has helped Great Britain and Ireland to the Curtis Cup victory, tied 25^th at the RICOH Women’s British Open, advanced to the quarter-finals of match play at the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.

 

Fellow Duke golfers Virginia Elena Carta and Celine Boutier are currently 19^th and 24^th, respectively. 

 

The listing ranks the top female amateur golfers in the world on the basis of their average performance in counting events over a rolling cycle of the previous 52 weeks.  

 

Maguire, the 2014-15 National Player of the Year and two-time First Team All-America with the Blue Devils, will open Olympic play Aug. 17 and will feature 72 holes of stroke play.  Golf Channel will be airing the action each day. 

 

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