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22nd June 2023
01:34pm BST

Padraig Harrington and Leona Maguire. (Credit: Getty)[/caption]
"He was kind of gone out of junior golf in Ireland when I was growing up, but I think yes, Rory has been a big inspiration for a lot of people. The big one for me has been Padraig Harrington. I had a few really key up-and-downs this week especially on 17, both Friday and Saturday. Padraig showed me some shots, so I have to thank him for it. I got to spend some time with him. "All the Irish guys are great. I think it's nice being from that sort of close-knit community, Shane [Lowry] and Padraig, Paul McGinley. They're there to give me advice or give Dermot [Byrne, my caddy] advice whenever we need it, so it's nice to have that sort of camaraderie give the people at home more to cheer about."https://twitter.com/LPGA/status/1670515067090268160 Leona Maguire ended up winning, on Sunday, by two strokes thanks to a hot closing streak. She went -6 on the final six holes and had a couple of key up-and-downs to seal the deal. Maguire said Harrington had shown her some short game shots last summer. "I potentially have to pay him another trip this summer," she remarked. "[I saw him] right before the British Open last year. He's a little busy today at the U.S. Open, but I'll have to check in with him again and see if we can do it again." Heading into those upcoming majors, the Cavan native reflected, "I feel like my confidence has been few weeks case of getting it all to come together and the goal was to be coming into good form heading into Baltusrol and Pebble, so we've peaked a week early, which is nice. Hopefully we can continue that run of form."
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