DURHAM, N.C. – For the third straight year, Duke University Leona Maguire has finished on top of the European Women’s Amateur Golf Ranking.
Maguire accumulated 1548.31 points and finish ahead of Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland (1472.13) and Julia Engstrom of Sweden (1328.17) in 2017. Duke University junior Virginia Elena Carta (1178.70) was No. 7 and sophomore Ana Belac (904.56) was No. 65.
Some of the highlights from this past year for Maguire was her winning the 2017 Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship with a 3&2 match play win over Ainhoa Olarra, finished 49th at the British Open with rounds of 69, 71, 70 and 75 and competed in the U.