Leona faces repeat of Solheim test

Cavan's Leona Maguire will face a repeat of the Solheim Cup test from which the Cavan golfer emerged victorious when she takes on the USA's Nelly Korda in the final of the T-Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas.

Both players have been in sparklingly form this weekend, Korda unflappable from the tee, and Leona unmatched in her approach play. Despite tricky conditions, both have also brought their A-games when to the greens of the impressive Shadow Creek Golf Course.

Leona paved her way to the final by defeating rivals Moriya Jutanugarn in the quarter-finals and then Sei Young Kim in the semis after the tournament switched from match play to single elimination.

The Ballyconnell golfer fended off the challenge of Thai Jutanugarn 4&3, and latterly Kim 3&2 where she was 3up through the first 15 holes.

She has been in brilliant form all weekend, carrying it through from Friday when Leona holed four birdies to card a leading top-seed earning round of three-under-par 69.

It left her at six-under 210 for the tournament at