Only Leona Maguire stands in the way of Nelly Korda and a fourth LPGA Tour victory in a row.
Maguire, who is 30th in the world, faces the top ranked Korda today in the final of the T-Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas (9.55pm Irish time).
With her record in match play, including her magnificent Solheim Cup record, the Cavan sensation will quietly fancy her chances against the American, who is bidding to become the first golfer to win four on the spin since Lorena Ochoa in 2008.
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Maguire, 29, finished at Shadow Creek third last year and she is planning to play with freedom in her bid to take down Korda.
"For me, Nelly is obviously the heavy favourite and I've nothing to lose," said Maguire after her 3 and 2 semi-final win over South Korea's Sei Young Kim.
"So I'll go out with some freedom and just try to play as well as I can.
"Obviously her length is an advantage around here, she'll be able to take on some of the carries that I won't. But I guess I'll just stick to my game plan and plot my way around.
"It was good enough in stroke play so we'll see if it's good enough."
Maguire, who last won on the Tour in last year's Meijer Classic, proved she had hit form by dominating the field over the first three days - the stroke play format determined the match play quarter-final line-up.
"I played with Sei yesterday so I knew she was playing well," said Maguire.
"Naturally, people get a bit tired and it's just about keeping it tight and hitting a lot of fairways and greens, and just trying to be steady and I did a good job of that today."
She puts her match play prowess down to growing up with her twin sister, Lisa.
"We were always competing against each other, playing little matches," Leona said.
"So yeah, match play is a lot of fun, it's even more fun around this golf course and I'm excited that I get one more day around here."
Whatever happens, reaching the final is a confidence booster for Maguire ahead of the Chevron next week - the first of 2024's five major championships.
First, though, she has one more opponent to overcome and Korda has played herself into good form over the weekend, beating compatriot Angel Yin and South Korea's Narin An to reach the final.
A $300,000 cheque for first place is on the line - plus, in Maguire's case, a jump up the world rankings.
"Yeah, Nelly is the best player in the world right now, she's arguably playing the best golf of her career and it's going to be one hell of a challenge," she said.
"But I mean it's exciting, I think that's been the theme of the week is to embrace the challenge of the golf course and I'll embrace whatever challenge Nelly brings.
"Ultimately you're just going to have to play some really good golf. You're just going to have to go out and shoot a score and if it's good enough, it's good enough."
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