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Published 17:08 7 Sept 2021 BST
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Leona Maguire of Team Europe celebrates with the Solheim Cup after winning over Team USA at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)[/caption]
Having already gained some headlines with their 'A star is born' claims, after Maguire went 3.5 from her four weekend matches, the guys gave a shout-out to any Irish outlets or newspapers that may be listening to their tournament wrap.
"If we were raving about her performance, as of Sunday night," host Chris Solomon began, "Leona came out and... I had predicted that Jennifer Kupcho was going to outlast her [in the Singles]. I was really impressed with what Jennifer has done, and thought Maguire was just going to run out of steam and, gosh, that is just so polar opposite from what happened. "She went out and birdied [one eagle, three birdies] four of those first seven holes, including on the seventh, which no-one was birdie-ing the entire week. And I think she said she had never parred the sixth hole all week - she had bogeyed it all week. She went out and birdied that hole today. It was just a freakin' statement. "That was a match where I did not see a path to victory for the US without Jennifer Kupcho winning that match, and it wasn't even close."Co-host Phil Landes, who goes by the on-air name of 'Big Randy', was blown away by Maguire's "incredible, incredible" performance. "She looked like she could not have enjoyed beating the Americans on their home soil any more," he declared. "It was so much fun to watch her go about it." With the Ryder Cup - the men's equivalent of USA vs. Europe - coming up from September 24 to 26, one wise soul had a suggestion for Team Europe captain Padráig Harrington: https://twitter.com/zephyrmelton/status/1434939648665702401 The way Maguire has played over the past few months, Harrington would be advised to have a sneaky peek at the Ryder Cup rule-books. Jon Rahm and Leona Maguire taking on the best of Steve Stricker's Team USA at Whistling Straits, in two weeks. It would be a riveting watch.
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