Maddison Hinson-Tolchard

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Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
Personal information
Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 23)
Perth, Western Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s) WPGA Tour of Australasia (joined 2025)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2025)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour (joined 2024)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2023
Women's British Open DNP
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Big 12 Player of the Year2022, 2023
Karrie Webb Award2022, 2023

Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up in the team event at the 2025 Aramco Houston Championship. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Hinson-Tolchard grew up in Perth, Western Australia and practiced at Gosnells Golf Club. She started competing at age 8 and won the 2017 Western Australia Amateur and the 2018 Australian Girls' Amateur. [1] In 2019, she was runner-up at the IMG Academy Junior World Championship. [2] She competed in the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and the Women's Australian Open in 2019 and 2022, making the cut in 2022. [3]

Hinson-Tolchard represented Australia at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in Paris, and the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi, where she tied for 6th with Australia and 8th individually. [4]

Hinson-Tolchard was educated at Penrhos College, Perth and attended Oklahoma State University between 2020 and 2024. [5] Playing with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team, she was the Big 12 Championship Individual Champion in 2023 and named the Big 12 Player of the Year in both 2022 and 2023. [6] She finished 4th at the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, two strokes behind winner Rose Zhang. [2]

Professional career

Hinson-Tolchard turned professional in June 2024 and joined the Epson Tour mid-season, where she made ten starts and six cuts. [7]

In 2025, she joined the WPGA Tour of Australasia where she tied for 4th at the World Sand Greens Championship, and the Ladies European Tour, where she recorded her first individual top-10 finish at the Tenerife Women's Open. She was runner-up in the team event at the Aramco Houston Championship, playing together with Céline Boutier, Luna Sobron Galmes and Magdalena Simmermacher. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. 1 2 "Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maddison Hinson-Tolchard". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. "Perth rising star Maddison Hinson-Tolchard primed to make US Open impact". The West Australian. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. "Sweden snatches Espirito Santo Trophy from USA". Golf Australia. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  5. "Women's Golf Roster: Maddison Hinson-Tolchard". Oklahoma State Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  6. Sweet, Randall (1 June 2024). "Decorated Oklahoma State Golfer Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Earns All-Big 12 Honors". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  7. "Journeys: Now I've Turned Pro, I Understand How Beneficial College Was". Auistralian Golf Digest. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  8. "WA's Maddison Hinson-Tolchard is targeting a breakthrough year after earning playing rights on the Ladies European Tour". Golf WA. Retrieved 8 September 2025.