Hannah Green (golfer)

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

Hannah Green
Green in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996
Perth, Western Australia
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)ALPG Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
ALPG Tour2
Symetra Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA InspirationT16: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT34: 2019
Women's British OpenT19: 2019
Evian ChampionshipT30: 2019
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour
Rookie of the Year		2017
Greg Norman Medal2019

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 is the ambassador for the Como Golf academy.

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]

Amateur wins
  • 2012 Newman and Brooks Junior Championship
  • 2013 WA 72 Hole Stroke Play
  • 2014 Dunes Medal
  • 2015 Port Phillip Open Amateur & Victorian Women's Amateur

Source:[9]

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (2)
Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up
1 23 Jun 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 68-69-70-72=279 −9 1 stroke Park Sung-hyun
2 1 Sep 2019 Cambia Portland Classic 64-63-73-67=267 −21 1 stroke Yealimi Noh

Symetra Tour wins (3)
  • 2017 Sara Bay Classic, Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, IOA Golf Classic

ALPG Tour wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2019Women's PGA Championship1 shot lead−9 (68-69-70-72=279)1 stroke Park Sung-hyun

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament201820192020
ANA Inspiration T16 CUT T62
U.S. Women's Open T34 T40
Women's PGA Championship CUT 1 T23
The Evian Championship CUT T30 NT
Women's British Open T55 T16 T29
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00000132
U.S. Women's Open00000022
Women's PGA Championship10011232
The Evian Championship00000021
Women's British Open00000133
Totals1001141310
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2019 U.S Open – 2020 U.S. Open, current)
  • Longest streak of top 10s – 1 (once)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Recognition

References
  1. "Green, 22, hangs on to win her 1st LPGA major". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 June 2019.
  2. Wildie, Tom (16 July 2019). "Golfer Hannah Green adjusts to newfound fame after Women's PGA Championship win". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. "Saturday's golf: Hannah Green holds on to lead at Women's PGA Championship". The Detroit News. Associated Press. 22 June 2019.
  4. Levins, Keely (20 June 2019). "The leader of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship was very unprepared for the weather". Golf Digest.
  5. "Hannah Green Leads by 3 Strokes at the Women's P.G.A. Championship". The New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 22 June 2019.
  6. "Hannah Green uses major experience to win again on LPGA Tour". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 2 September 2019.
  7. "Hannah Green wins Greg Norman Medal". Golf Australia. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  8. "Sportstar". SportWest. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. "Hannah Green". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. Williamson, Lauren (16 October 2019). "The Winners Of The 2019 Women In Sport Awards". Australian Women's Health. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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