Hannah Green | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 20 December 1996||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||
Sporting nationality | Australia | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2016 | ||||
Current tour(s) | ALPG Tour LPGA Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 13 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
LPGA Tour | 6 | ||||
ALPG Tour | 4 | ||||
Epson Tour | 3 | ||||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||||
Chevron Championship | T8: 2022 | ||||
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 2019 | ||||
U.S. Women's Open | T13: 2023 | ||||
Women's British Open | T16: 2019 | ||||
Evian Championship | T30: 2019 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Hannah Green (born 20 December 1996) is an Australian professional golfer and winner of the 2019 Women's PGA Championship.
Green was born in Perth, Western Australia.
Green attended Como Secondary College and was in the golf academy at the school.
Green turned professional in 2016. She plays on the LPGA Tour and ALPG Tour.
Green has two pro-am wins on the ALPG Tour. She played on the Symetra Tour in 2017, winning three times, finishing second on the money list and won the Rookie of the Year award. She earned her 2018 LPGA Tour card as a result.
In June 2019, Green won her first major (and first LPGA Tour event), the Women's PGA Championship, by one stroke over defending champion Park Sung-hyun. It was the first wire-to-wire win at the Women's PGA Championship since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the first major win by an Australian since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship. [1] In winning the event, Green also became only the third Australian woman to win a major, after Webb and Jan Stephenson. [2]
Before her maiden victory on the LPGA Tour, Green's best finish was third place at the 2018 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open. [3] [4] and her best major finish was a tied for 16th at the 2018 ANA Inspiration. [5]
On 1 September 2019, Green won her second LPGA Tour event at the Cambia Portland Classic, [6] while in December 2019 she was awarded the Greg Norman Medal. [7] In February 2020, she was jointly awarded the 2019 Western Australian Sports Star of the Year with Australian rules football star, Nat Fyfe. [8]
On 4–7 August 2021, Green represented Australia in women's individual golf event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo together with Minjee Lee. She scored −13 across the four rounds and finished fifth [9]
Green is the ambassador for the Como Golf academy.
Source: [10]
Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other LPGA Tour (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
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1 | 23 Jun 2019 | KPMG Women's PGA Championship | 68-69-70-72=279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Park Sung-hyun | 577,500 |
2 | 1 Sep 2019 | Cambia Portland Classic | 64-63-73-67=267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Yealimi Noh | 195,000 |
3 | 30 Apr 2023 | JM Eagle LA Championship | 68-69-69-69=275 | −9 | Playoff | Aditi Ashok Lin Xiyu | 450,000 |
4 | 3 Mar 2024 | HSBC Women's World Championship | 74-67-67-67=275 | –13 | 1 stroke | Céline Boutier | 270,000 |
5 | 28 Apr 2024 | JM Eagle LA Championship (2) | 67-69-70-66=272 | −12 | 3 strokes | Maja Stark | 562,500 |
6 | 20 Oct 2024 | BMW Ladies Championship | 64-64-70-71=269 | –19 | 1 stroke | Céline Boutier | 330,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2023 | JM Eagle LA Championship | Aditi Ashok Lin Xiyu | Won with par on second extra hole |
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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2019 | Women's PGA Championship | 1 shot lead | −9 (68-69-70-72=279) | 1 stroke | Park Sung-hyun |
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Chevron Championship | T16 | CUT | T62 | T14 | T8 | CUT | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | T34 | T40 | T62 | T28 | T13 | T16 | |
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | 1 | T23 | CUT | T5 | T68 | T24 |
The Evian Championship | CUT | T30 | NT | T31 | CUT | T44 | |
Women's British Open | T55 | T16 | T29 | T48 | T35 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Women's PGA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 23 |
Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made * | Wins (Majors) | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
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2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T20 | n/a | n/a | 71.00 | n/a |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | n/a | n/a | 71.75 | n/a |
2018 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 244,474 | 73 | 72.36 | 105 |
2019 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1,043,537 | 12 | 71.45 | 61 |
2020 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | T2 | 442,843 | 22 | 71.34 | 27 |
2021 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 580,227 | 36 | 70.45 | 24 |
2022 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1,175,048 | 18 | 69.82 | 11 |
2023 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1,027,812 | 24 | 70.61 | 29 |
2024 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2,074,873 | 9 | 70.23 | 6 |
Totals^ | 141 (2018) | 115 (2018) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 6,588,814 | 61 |
^ Official as of 2024 season [11] [12] [13]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | World ranking | Source |
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2015 | 344 | [14] |
2016 | 408 | [15] |
2017 | 200 | [16] |
2018 | 143 | [17] |
2019 | 22 | [18] |
2020 | 18 | [19] |
2021 | 26 | [20] |
2022 | 19 | [21] |
2023 | 28 | [22] |
2024 | 5^ | [23] |
^ As of 21 October 2024
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