Leona Maguire's Solheim Cup team-mates were jealous of the scenes around her celebratory homecoming in Ballyconnell last September.
Five months on, Maguire has no idea what is waiting for her when she returns from Florida as Ireland's first LPGA tournament winner.
But she does know it will probably be too cold to get the gold BMW out for another spin around the town!
"There's a week before I go home, so there'll be a little bit of time to plan," she said last night, still basking in the glow of her Drive One Championship success in Fort Myer.
"I don't think the weather in Ireland is quite right for riding around in a convertible as it was in September.
"It's my mam's birthday on Sunday so I guess this is a pretty good present for her. I'm not going to be home for it, but yeah, hopefully she'll get celebrate this next week when I'm home. That'll be special.
"My hometown has been an incredible supporter of me. Obviously you saw the scenes after the Solheim Cup. I don't think they'll be acting like that maybe again this time.
"But being from Ireland, a small town, lucky to have the support I have. I think my Solheim Cup teammates were a little jealous that I got a reception that they didn't maybe get.
"It's incredible to be the first Irish person and to show that it is possible from a girl from a small little town in Ireland to be able to compete against the best players in the world and win on the LPGA.
"To see people excited about women's golf and Irish golf is fantastic.
"I'm sure we'll figure something out. These wins don't happen very often. It's incredibly hard to win out here. These girls are so good.
"We'll definitely enjoy this win while it's here."
Maguire pocketed a €225,000 cheque for her win and it is projected that she will move to around 20th in the world rankings after adding to the list of firsts she has accumulated as a trailblazer for Irish women in golf.
"She's such an amazing player," said Lexi Thompson, who got closest to challenging Maguire on the back nine on Saturday but finished three shots adrift of the 27-year-old.
"I got to play a lot with her out here obviously the last two days, but junior golf as well.
"It's just she has an amazing talent and she's been striping it and made a lot of great putts, so I knew birdies had to be made to track her down.
"But she obviously played great again, and definitely well deserved. I think it will help her out a lot. She's an amazing talent."
Maguire finished joint second twice last year, on her first full season on the LPGA Tour, and accumulated six top 10 finishes.
She had learned from experience and her plan to avoid looking at leaderboards all day worked a treat.
Maguire knew that the chasing pack was coming for her and so had set a target of getting to -20.
A closing bogey meant she finished on -18, but it was still more than enough. "I didn't want to have any regrets," she admitted.
"I knew I would get my chances, and it was up to me to take them. Thankfully, I did."
Her mantra all along has been to work her way through the levels, master them, and move up to the next one.
Recently Maguire insisted that she hadn't set a goal of winning a tournament this year. Instead, it was about making more small gains to get closer and closer to breaking through the latest glass ceiling.
"It has been a meticulous journey," Maguire reflected. "I did it my way, the way I wanted to do it, with the help of my team around me.
"I feel like the way I've gone about it, I've been prepared at each level and mastered each level.
"I know people probably thought I was going to win before this. I suppose people have always had expectations, and I feel like even at Christmas people were (thinking), 'When are you going to win? When are you going to win?'.
"That was on the tip of everybody's tongue.
"Last year was a great season but there was no win, so it almost felt like it had as asterisk. I knew I wasn't far away.
"I was maybe getting a little impatient last year, but I think going down the stretch at Meijer last year with Nelly (Korda), that was a huge confidence boost for me, knowing that, yeah, she was three shots ahead and I nearly closed the gap.
"But really, I felt like I held my own that week. And then the 61 at Evian too, and Solheim Cup was a massive confidence booster.
"Solheim Cup is one thing. To do it in an individual event when it's just you out there by yourself, it's a different ball game.
"I feel like I've been growing all the time, did a lot of good work at home with Shane (O'Grady, her long time coach) over the winter. I didn't expect for it to pay off this early in the season.
"I struggled a little bit last week, I wasn't entirely comfortable. I did FaceTime with Shane on the range on Monday afternoon - he was actually going to pick up his girls from school and he FaceTimed me from the car park sitting outside the school.
"Shane has been there from day one. He's been a massive part of this journey. It's those little things that you just need that little feeling sometimes for things to click."
Maguire also credits caddy Dermot Byrne, who was previously with Shane Lowry and joined her last season, as a big step forward.
"He didn't have to take my call," she said. "He took a big gamble coming out here on the LPGA, never having done it before.
"I guess he saw something in me, felt like he could make a difference. I'm going to be forever grateful for him.
"I've always kept my circle small, and that's been it from day one. Mam, dad, Shane, Lisa, my physio, nutritionists, the staff at the Institute of Sport back home.
"But, yeah, just relying on the people that I trust has been massive - sticking to my guns, knowing that what I was doing was working. I just needed a little bit more time.
"I'm obviously delighted for people to be able to enjoy the win. But at the same time, I'm the one hitting the shots and putting in the long hours.
"I'm the one that's there at the range until dark, up first thing.
"Nobody sees that grind that goes behind it. Ultimately I didn't really care about the outcome - it was as long as I knew I gave it my best shot it was ultimately nothing I could do.
"Hopefully it was this week. If not, down the line again.
"It has been a lot of hard work. It hasn't been easy. A lot goes on behind the scenes that people maybe don't realize.
"It's been a long journey. Yes, I've done it a lot of great things. I won a lot in college and amateur golf. But there's no guarantees.
"I put in a lot of hard work over this off-season, felt like my game was close but was just missing something. You just need things to click together.
"I mean, it's golf. It's one of the most maddening games but one of the most rewarding at the same time."
Maguire isn't due to play again for three weeks, when she heads out to Singapore and Thailand. She will be aiming for more of the same now.
Some of the Tour's biggest names weren't at Fort Myers, so she knows there is still another level to find.
"We still have a few things to work on," she said. "It's by no means perfect. I still feel like I could have played better golf, definitely holed more putts.
"Obviously Jin Young and Lydia (Ko) and Danielle (Kang) weren't here this week, so it's just keep trying to raise my game and work my way up and try to put myself in this position as many more times as I can.
"It's a nice position to be in here, so I'll do everything I can to try and make it back here again this year.
"But I'll enjoy this one first before we have to worry about any (talk of) majors."
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