Two-time LPGA Tour winner Leona Maguire has continued to excel through three rounds of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course and currently sits one ahead of the pack at 7-under after recording a 2-under 69 on Saturday. It’s her eighth consecutive round in the 60s, which ties the longest streak on the LPGA Tour this season, and the 28-year-old holds the first 54-hole lead or co-lead at a major championship of her career. Take a look at some of Maguire’s most notable statistics following the third round, courtesy of KPMG Performance Insights.

Maguire has made 5.5 birdies or better per round across her last eight rounds in the 60s:

Leona Maguire
Last 8 LPGA Rounds Played
Rounds in the 60s	8-for-8
Strokes gained total	+4.63
Birdies or better per round	5.5
Scoring average	67.5
Greens in regulation	87.6%

Maguire is hitting 82.6% of her greens in regulation in her last eight LPGA Tour rounds. In the first 29 stroke play rounds this season, she hit 69.0% GIR:

Leona Maguire
Stroke Play This Season on LPGA Tour
	First 29 Rounds	Last 8 Rounds
Greens in regulation	69%	82.6%
SG: Total	+0.71	P+4.63

Maguire’s eight consecutive rounds in the 60s ties the longest streak on the LPGA Tour so far this season. Hyo Joo Kim and Nelly Korda have also had streaks of eight in 2023:

Most Consecutive Rounds in the 60s
LPGA Tour This Season
Leona Maguire	8*
Nelly Korda	8
Hyo Joo Kim	8

*active streak

Maguire has never hit 80% or more of her greens in regulation in a major championship as a pro. She’s hit 89% through three rounds this week:

Leona Maguire
Highest GIR Percentage in a Major as Professional
2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Champ	88.9%*
2022 AIG Women’s Open	77.8%
2021 Amundi Evian Champ.	73.6%

*through three rounds

This season, Maguire has been a better putter in the final round of tournaments than in round three:

Leona Maguire
Putting This Season - Round 3 vs. Round 4
	Round 3	Round 4
Strokes gained putting	+0.08	+0.58
Putts per GIR rank	87th	10th

Maguire won last week at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. Just two years ago, Nelly Korda won the Meijer LPGA Classic and then picked up her first major win at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Since 2010, in addition to Korda, only four other players have won a major championship after winning the previous week:

Won Major Championship
After Winning Previous LPGA Event - Since 2010
	Prior Win	Major Win
2011 Yani Tseng	State Farm Classic	KPMG Women’s PGA Champ
2012 Jiyai Shin	Kingsmill Championship	AIG Women’s Open
2013 Inbee Park	Won previous 2	U.S. Women’s Open
2016 Lydia Ko	Kia Classic	Chevron Championship
2021 Nelly Korda	Meijer LPGA Classic	KPMG Women’s PGA Champ.

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