Cassie Porter

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Cassie Porter
Personal information
Born (2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Residence Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) WPGA Tour of Australasia (joined 2022)
LPGA Tour (joined 2025)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour (joined 2023)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T40: 2025
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2025
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2025
Evian Championship CUT: 2025

Cassie Porter (born 14 September 2002) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the LPGA Tour. She won the 2024 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.

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Early life and amateur career

Porter was born in Sydney in New South Wales and grew up in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. She had a successful amateur career and won the Northern Territory Women's Amateur twice. In 2020, she was runner-up at the Australian Master of the Amateurs following a playoff, and in 2021 she won the Keperra Bowl and finished 10th at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific. [1] She represented Australia internationally at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas. [2]

Professional career

Porter turned professional in 2021 and joined the WPGA Tour of Australasia in 2022. In her rookie season, she finished second lowest female at the TPS Hunter Valley and TPS Sydney, and tied for 4th at the Women's NSW Open, a Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned event. She secured her maiden professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International in 2023, beating her friend Kelsey Bennett on the fourth hole of a playoff, with Momoka Kobori and Karis Davidson a stroke behind in tied third. [3]

Porter joined the Epson Tour in 2023, where her best finish in her rookie season was a tie for 4th at the Champions Fore Change Invitational. In 2024, she finished 3rd at the Florida's Natural Charity Classic before winning her maiden Epson Tour victory at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Michigan. [4] [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (2)

Epson Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
19 Jun 2024 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship 73-68-69=210−61 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Amelia Garvey
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung Jo-Hua
Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Matthews
Flag of England.svg Anita Uwadia

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-up
122 Jan 2023 WPGA Melbourne International 70-70=140−4Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelsey Bennett

WPGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 WPGA Melbourne International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelsey Bennett Won with par on fourth extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2025
Chevron Championship T40
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. "2020 Women's Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship 72-Holes Gross Scores" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Cassie Porter". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. Webeck, Tony (22 January 2023). "Porter prevails over best mate in epic WPGA playoff". Australian Golf Media. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. Webeck, Tony (10 June 2024). "Aussies on Tour: Porter earns maiden US win". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  5. "Aussie Cassie Porter Wins". Women's Golf Magazine. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.