DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's golf trio of Ana Belac, Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire are set to kick off the 114th Ladies British Open Amateur Championship that will take place at Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club in South Wales from June 13-17.



The championship will feature 144 golfers from 24 different countries, including 33 players ranked in the top 100 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). The golfers will compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier and then the 64 lowest scores will advance to the match play stage.



The Pam Barton Memorial Salver will be awarded to the winner of the Championship, while the runner-up receives The Diana Fishwick Cup. An international team award will be presented after the stroke play qualifying rounds.



Leona Maguire, the No. 1 ranked player in the WAGR rankings, headlines the field after being named the ANNIKA Award and Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) National Player of the Year following her junior campaign. Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, registered the second-lowest stroke average in school history with a 70.29 ledger.



Other Blue Devils seeing action will be Belac and Lisa Maguire. Belac, who is from Portoroz, Slovenia, totaled a 73.82 stroke average as a freshman to go along with three top 10 and five top 20 finishes. Maguire, a native of Cavan, Ireland, saw action in 10 tournaments as a junior with the Blue Devils.



Situated on a wonderful stretch of golfing country on the South Wales coast, the undulating course with its natural hazard of hillocks, valleys and towering dunes is considered one of Great Britain's finest links courses.



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