IRELAND’S LEONA MAGUIRE has made a good start at the British Open, and is well in the mix and towards the top of the leaderboard after round one.
The amateur world number one carded three-under par in the opening round. A birdie on the last hole left her on 69, five behind leader Michelle Wie of America.
22-year-old Cavan native Maguire currently sits in 15th position. She hit five birdies in total, two bogeys — on the 14th and 16th — and struck par on every other hole.
This comes after she won the one of the biggest tournaments in amateur golf – the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship – in June.
Ireland’s other representative Olivia Mehaffey is one-under after nine holes at Kingsbarns.
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