European captain Suzann Pettersen hints that Maguire could be an ever-present across the weekend at Finca Cortesin.
LEONA MAGUIRE’S EUROPEAN team-mates are confident that she can repeat the magic of her Solheim Cup debut — and warned that nobody on Team USA will be keen to take on the Cavan native.
“I think she’s a very steady and consistent player, great around the greens, definitely a very good putter, so I feel like it’s going to be definitely a weapon for match play. Her performance from the last edition of the Solheim Cup definitely shows that. “So, yeah, I definitely would not want to be paired against Leona.”
“Ultimately, I’ll try and win as many points as I can, but we’ll just prepare as well as we can and go in with very little expectations like the last time, the same way as I approach any other event. Just because it’s worked well in the past doesn’t really make much difference for this time. “But she’s been great, she’s been very open, she’s been very transparent with everything this week. She’s been communicating a lot with what she’s thinking about pairings and different things. She’s trying to get all of our inputs and really wants what’s best for the team.
“She’s definitely so competitive that I feel like she’s probably going to be more pumped up than us,” she laughed. “It’s going to be really cool to be able to play for her and play for the team.”
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