Hannah Green (golfer)

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Hannah Green
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Green in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 27)
Perth, Western Australia
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) ALPG Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour6
ALPG Tour4
Epson Tour3
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
Symetra Tour
Rookie of the Year
2017
Greg Norman Medal 2019

Hannah Green (born 20 December 1996) is an Australian professional golfer and winner of the 2019 Women's PGA Championship.

Contents

Early life

Green was born in Perth, Western Australia.

Education

Green attended Como Secondary College and was in the golf academy at the school.

Career

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.

Amateur wins

Source: [10]

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
123 Jun 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 68-69-70-72=279−91 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hyun 577,500
21 Sep 2019 Cambia Portland Classic 64-63-73-67=267−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Yealimi Noh 195,000
330 Apr 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship 68-69-69-69=275−9Playoff Flag of India.svg Aditi Ashok
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiyu
450,000
43 Mar 2024 HSBC Women's World Championship 74-67-67-67=275–131 stroke Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier 270,000
528 Apr 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship (2)67-69-70-66=272−123 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark 562,500
620 Oct 2024 BMW Ladies Championship 64-64-70-71=269–191 stroke Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier 330,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship Flag of India.svg Aditi Ashok
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiyu
Won with par on second extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (3)

ALPG Tour wins (4)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2019 Women's PGA Championship 1 shot lead−9 (68-69-70-72=279)1 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hyun

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T16CUTT62T14T8CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open T34T40T62T28T13T16
Women's PGA Championship CUT1T23CUTT5T68T24
The Evian Championship CUTT30NTT31CUTT44
Women's British Open T55T16T29T48T35CUTCUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00001374
U.S. Women's Open 00000266
Women's PGA Championship 10022475
The Evian Championship 00000053
Women's British Open 00000175
Totals10023103223

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made *
Wins (Majors)2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2016 110000T20n/an/a71.00n/a
2017 110001T7n/an/a71.75n/a
2018 241400113244,4747372.36105
2019 2319200411,043,5371271.4561
2020 14130101T2442,8432271.3427
2021 181601242580,2273670.4524
2022 2121011921,175,0481869.8211
2023 2116100311,027,8122470.6129
2024 2016310612,074,873970.236
Totals^141 (2018)115 (2018)6442816,588,81461

^ Official as of 2024 season [11] [12] [13]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2015344 [14]
2016408 [15]
2017200 [16]
2018143 [17]
201922 [18]
202018 [19]
202126 [20]
202219 [21]
202328 [22]
20245^ [23]

^ As of 21 October 2024

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Recognition

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