Leona Maguire of Duke is the top-ranked women’s amateur golfer in the world but is hardly satisfied.
Maguire wants a national championship for the Blue Devils.
She wants a Duke degree.
That done, she wants a long and successful career on the LPGA Tour.
There was a time last fall when it appeared Maguire might skip the first two and leave Duke early to play professional golf. Many believed she was ready for it, that the native of Cavan County, Ireland, had the game, the drive and the temperament.
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But as Maguire put it, “It felt like we had some unfinished business here.