Leona Maguire continued to enjoy a dream debut on day two of the Solheim Cup in Toledo on Sunday and social media was full of praise for her afterwards.
Maguire, who partnered Georgia Hall to victory in Saturday’s fourballs, teamed up with Mel Reid for the pair’s second foursomes success on Sunday, thrashing world number one Nelly Korda and Ally Ewing 5 and 4.
That gave Europe a four-point lead in pursuit of only a second victory on US soil in the contest’s history, only for the home side to win the three remaining matches to close the gap to a single point.
Reid and Maguire won four of the first five holes and although Korda produced a rare moment of magic to eagle the 13th and keep the match alive, it only delayed the inevitable and the European pair secured victory on the next.
RTE's Evanne Ni Chuilinn was among those to take to Twitter to praise the Cavan golfer.
She tweeted: "Leona is just outrageous. Ice in veins over those crucial putts time and time again."
Someone else said: "Brilliant @leona_maguire again showing incredible tenacity on her debut! 3.5 pts from 4!"
Another comment read: "This lady is absolutely amazing @leona_maguire flying the flag big time. She looks like she has played the Solheim on many occasions … super proud."
One other person posted: "Brilliant Leona. Some competitor...the fighting Irish."
Speaking after Sunday's round, Maguire said: “I think it was a pairing neither of us saw coming, but the captains obviously saw something in us that we didn’t see in ourselves.
“And I think we’re both fearless on the golf course, which is something you need to be in those matches, especially given the pairings we were up against.
“I mean, Nelly and Jessica yesterday, Nelly and Ally today, world-class players, and we really had to be on our “A” game to come out with a point.”
Maguire let out a huge roar after holing the winning par putt on the 14th and added: “We played great all day and it was great to finish it off in style and not have to go down another one.
“Mel holed a lot of clutch putts today, so it was my turn to finish it off in style.”
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