Hira Naveed

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Hira Naveed
Personal information
Born (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 27)
New Zealand
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Perth, Western Australia
Career
College Pepperdine University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2024)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2024, 2025
Women's PGA C'ship 77th: 2025
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2024, 2025
Evian Championship T65: 2025
Achievements and awards
Western Australia
Junior Girls Golfer of the Year		2015
West Coast Conference
Player of the Year		2019

Hira Naveed (born 3 February 1998) is an Australian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2024 Ford Championship. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Naveed was born in New Zealand and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. [2] In 2015, she won the Dunes Medal and the Victorian Junior Masters, and was named Western Australia Junior Girls Golfer of the Year. [3]

Naveed played collegiate golf at Pepperdine University between 2015 and 2019 and was a four-time All-WCC first team pick. She was West Coast Conference Player of the Year and All-American as a senior after winning the West Coast Conference Championship. She was a member of the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup international team. [3]

Professional career

Naveed turned professional in 2019 and won the Long Beach Open on the Cactus Tour in her professional debut. In 2020, she joined the Epson Tour, where she recorded eight top-10 finishes before finishing 15th at LPGA Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2024 season. [4]

As an LPGA Tour rookie, Naveed was solo runner-up at the 2024 Ford Championship in Arizona, two strokes behind Nelly Korda, who won her third consecutive LPGA tournament. [5] [6] With the finish, she rose to 106th in the Women's World Golf Rankings. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Professional wins (1)

Cactus Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament20242025
Chevron Championship CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUT77
The Evian Championship CUTT65
Women's British Open CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ "Hira Naveed Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Finnegan, Sam (13 February 2019). "Hira Naveed Leaves Legacy on the Waves". Pepperdine Graphic Media. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster: Hira Naveed". Pepperdine University. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Beth Ann. "Meet the 50 players who earned 2024 LPGA status at Q-Series". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Paisley, Kent (1 April 2024). "A happy, healthy Nelly Korda edges Aussie Hira Naveed to win third straight LPGA event". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Rookie Naveed upstages fellow Aussies on LPGA Tour". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Meyer, Jennifer (2 April 2024). "Making Moves: Hira Naveed Rockets Up in Rankings". LPGA. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Hira Naveed". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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