Cassie Porter
{{Short description|Australian professional golfer}}
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LPGA Tour (joined 2025)
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Cassie Porter (born 14 September 2002) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the LPGA Tour. She won the 2024 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.
Early life and amateur career
Porter was born in Sydney in New South Wales and grew up in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. She had a successful amateur career and won the Northern Territory Women's Amateur twice. In 2020, she was runner-up at the Australian Master of the Amateurs following a playoff, and in 2021 she won the Keperra Bowl and finished 10th at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific.{{cite web |url=https://www.masteroftheamateurs.com.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020%20AMOTA%20WOMEN%27S%20SCORES%2072-HOLES%20GROSS.pdf |title=2020 Women's Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship 72-Holes Gross Scores |access-date=15 September 2024}} She represented Australia internationally at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas.
Professional career
Porter turned professional in 2021 and joined the WPGA Tour of Australasia in 2022. In her rookie season, she finished second lowest female at the TPS Hunter Valley and TPS Sydney, and tied for 4th at the Women's NSW Open, a Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned event. She secured her maiden professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International in 2023, beating her friend Kelsey Bennett on the fourth hole of a playoff, with Momoka Kobori and Karis Davidson a stroke behind in tied third.{{cite news |last=Webeck |first=Tony |title=Porter prevails over best mate in epic WPGA playoff |url=https://www.golf.org.au/porter-prevails-over-best-mate-in-epic-wpga-playoff/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=Australian Golf Media |date=22 January 2023}}
Porter joined the Epson Tour in 2023, where her best finish in her rookie season was a tie for 4th at the Champions Fore Change Invitational. In 2024, she finished 3rd at the Florida's Natural Charity Classic before winning her maiden Epson Tour victory at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Michigan.{{cite web |last1=Webeck |first1=Tony |title=Aussies on Tour: Porter earns maiden US win |url=https://pga.org.au/news/aussies-on-tour-porter-earns-maiden-us-win/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |publisher=PGA of Australia |date=10 June 2024}}{{cite magazine |title=Aussie Cassie Porter Wins |url=https://www.womensgolfmagazine.com.au/latest-news/cassie-porter-wins/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |magazine=Women's Golf Magazine |date=18 June 2024}}
Amateur wins
- 2016 The Invincibles IGA Sunshine Junior Masters Championship
- 2017 Katherine Kirk Classic, The Invincibles IGA Sunshine Junior Masters Championship
- 2018 Northern Territory Women's Amateur
- 2019 Northern Territory Women's Amateur, Junior Golf World Cup (individual), Jack Newton International Junior Classic, Greg Norman Junior Masters, Victorian Junior Open
- 2021 Keperra Bowl
Professional wins (2)
=Epson Tour (1)=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning !To par !Margin !Runners-up |
| align=center|1
|align=right|9 Jun 2024 |FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship | 73-68-69=210 |align=center| −6 | 1 stroke |{{flagicon|NZL}} Amelia Garvey |
=WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning !To par !Margin !Runner-up |
| align=center|1
|align=right|22 Jan 2023 | 70-70=140 |align=center| −4 |Playoff |{{flagicon|AUS}} Kelsey Bennett |
WPGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)
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| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|align=center|1 |2023 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Kelsey Bennett |Won with par on fourth extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
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! Tournament!! 2025 |
| align=left|Chevron Championship
|T40 |
| align=left|U.S. Women's Open
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| align=left|Women's PGA Championship
|CUT |
| align=left|The Evian Championship
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| align=left|Women's British Open
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{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Australian Girl's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2017, 2018, 2019
- Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2018, 2019
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing Australia): 2019
- Spirit International (representing Australia): 2019
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WPGA Tour Australasia player|porter-cassie}}
- {{LPGA Tour player|cassie-porter/101990}}
- {{WWGR|8697}}
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Category:Australian female golfers