Whitney Hillier

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Whitney Hillier
Personal information
Born (1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 33)
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2013)
ALPG Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open T48: 2022
Evian Championship DNP

Whitney Hillier (born 1 December 1990) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on both the Ladies European Tour and ALPG Tour. In 2022, she won the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok team event and was runner-up at the Jabra Ladies Open in France. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Hillier was born in Geraldton, Western Australia and plays at Lincoln Golf Club, Torksey. She had a successful amateur career and won the 2008 Australian Girls' Amateur and the 2012 Riversdale Cup.

She was a 2012 member of Golf Australia's National Squad, and finished 3rd at the 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy Amateur Team Championships together with Brianna Elliott and Minjee Lee.

Professional career

Hillier turned professional in 2012 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2013. In her rookie season, she played in 15 tournaments and recorded a best finish of 3rd at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open. She ended the season ranked 55th on the Order of Merit to secured her card for the 2014 season. [1]

In 2014 her best finish was tied 8th at the Ladies Italian Open and in 2016 tied 10th at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Open. In 2017, she finished 3rd at the Ladies European Thailand Championship, two strokes behind winner Atthaya Thitikul, and in 2018 she was 4th at the Hero Women's Indian Open. In 2021, she was T5 at the Saudi Ladies International and finished 45th in the Race to Costa del Sol. [1]

In 2022, Hillier won the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok team event, captaining a team with Chonlada Chayanun and Krista Bakker. [2] The following week, she lost a playoff to Tiia Koivisto at the Jabra Ladies Open held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, after shooting her fifth career hole-in-one in the second round. [3] [4]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

ALPG Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12022 Jabra Ladies Open Flag of Finland.svg Tiia Koivisto Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Whitney Hillier Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Team Hillier Victorious as Tavatanakit Holds Two-Shot Individual Lead in Bangkok". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hole-in one leaves Aussie Whitney Hillier in front at Jabra Open". The New Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jabra Joy For Tiia Koivisto". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Powter, Anthony (11 January 2008). "Hillier claims Australian Junior Amateur". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Hamish, Jones (24 February 2012). "Hillier raid clinches Riversdale Cup". GolfAustralia.org.au. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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