Hannah Green (golfer)

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| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

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| tour = ALPG Tour
LPGA Tour

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| wusopen = T13: 2023

| wbritopen = T16: 2019

| evian = T30: 2019

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

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 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/27039572/green-22-hangs-win-1st-lpga-major |title=Green, 22, hangs on to win her 1st LPGA major |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=24 June 2019}} In winning the event, Green also became only the third Australian woman to win a major, after Webb and Jan Stephenson.{{cite news |last=Wildie |first=Tom |title=Golfer Hannah Green adjusts to newfound fame after Women's PGA Championship win |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-16/perth-golfer-hannah-green-adjusts-to-fame-after-womans-pga-win/11309418?section=sport |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=ABC News (Australia) |date=16 July 2019}}

Before her maiden victory on the LPGA Tour, Green's best finish was third place at the 2018 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.{{cite news |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/golf/2019/06/22/saturdays-golf-hannah-green-holds-lead-womens-pga-championship/1539011001/ |title=Saturday's golf: Hannah Green holds on to lead at Women's PGA Championship |newspaper=The Detroit News |agency=Associated Press |date=22 June 2019}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/hannah-green-the-leader-of-the-kpmg-womens-pga-championship-was-very-unprepared-for-the-weather |title=The leader of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship was very unprepared for the weather |first=Keely |last=Levins |magazine=Golf Digest |date=20 June 2019}} and her best major finish was a tied for 16th at the 2018 ANA Inspiration.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/sports/hannah-green-womens-pga-championship.html |title=Hannah Green Leads by 3 Strokes at the Women's P.G.A. Championship |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=22 June 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

On 1 September 2019, Green won her second LPGA Tour event at the Cambia Portland Classic,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/02/hannah-green-uses-major-experience-to-win-again-on-lpga-tour |title=Hannah Green uses major experience to win again on LPGA Tour |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=2 September 2019}} while in December 2019 she was awarded the Greg Norman Medal.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-18 |title=Hannah Green wins Greg Norman Medal |url=https://www.golf.org.au/hannah-green-wins-greg-norman-medal/ |access-date=2020-06-27 |publisher=Golf Australia}} In February 2020, she was jointly awarded the 2019 Western Australian Sports Star of the Year with Australian rules football star, Nat Fyfe.{{Cite web |title=Sportstar |url=https://www.sportwest.com.au/rac-sportwest-awards/past-winners/sports-star/ |access-date=2020-12-29 |website=SportWest |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200603/https://www.sportwest.com.au/rac-sportwest-awards/past-winners/sports-star/ |url-status=dead }}

On 4–7 August 2021, Green represented Australia in women's individual golf event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo together with Minjee Lee. She scored −13 across the four rounds and finished fifth{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=The Roar}}

Green is the ambassador for the Como Golf academy.

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 Championship

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/hannah-green-18843 |title=Hannah Green |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=25 June 2019}}

Professional wins (13)

=LPGA Tour wins (6)=

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! Legend

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| Major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (5)

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!To par

!Margin
of victory

!Runner-up

! Winner's
share ($)

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|align=center|1

|align=right|23 Jun 2019

|KPMG Women's PGA Championship

|align=right|68-69-70-72=279

|align=center|−9

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun

|577,500

align=center|2

|align=right|1 Sep 2019

|Cambia Portland Classic

|align=right|64-63-73-67=267

|align=center|−21

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Yealimi Noh

|195,000

align=center|3

|align=right|30 Apr 2023

|JM Eagle LA Championship

|align=right|68-69-69-69=275

|align=center|−9

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|IND}} Aditi Ashok
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Xiyu

|450,000

align=center|4

|align=right|3 Mar 2024

|HSBC Women's World Championship

|align=right|74-67-67-67=275

|align=center|–13

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Céline Boutier

|270,000

align=center|5

|align=right|28 Apr 2024

|JM Eagle LA Championship (2)

|align=right|67-69-70-66=272

|align=center|−12

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Maja Stark

|562,500

align=center|6

|align=right|20 Oct 2024

|BMW Ladies Championship

|align=right|64-64-70-71=269

|align=center|–19

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Céline Boutier

|330,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2023

|JM Eagle LA Championship

|{{flagicon|IND}} Aditi Ashok
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Xiyu

|Won with par on second extra hole

=Symetra Tour wins (3)=

2017 Sara Bay Classic, Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, IOA Golf Classic

=ALPG Tour wins (4)=

2017 Pennant Hills Pro Am, Hope Island Pro Am (tie with Rebecca Artis)
2022 Vic Open, TPS Murray River

Major championships

=Wins (1)=

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!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up

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|align=center| 2019

Women's PGA Championship

1 shot lead

−9 (68-69-70-72=279)

1 stroke

{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hyun

=Results timeline=

Results not in chronological order.

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!Tournament !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024

align=left|Chevron Championship

|T16

|CUT

|T62

|T14

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|T34

|T40

|T62

|T28

|T13

|T16

align=left|Women's PGA Championship

|CUT

|style="background:lime;"|1

|T23

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|T68

|T24

align=left|The Evian Championship

|CUT

|T30

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

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|T31

|CUT

|T44

align=left|Women's British Open

|T55

|T16

|T29

|T48

|T35

|CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

T = tied

=Summary=

Totals	1	0	0	2	3	10	32	23
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	4
align=left\|U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	6
align=left\|Women's PGA Championship	1	0	0	2	2	4	7	5
align=left\|The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
align=left\|Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	5

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2019 U.S. Open – 2021 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top 10s – 1 (three times)

LPGA Tour career summary

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made * !! Wins (Majors) !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoring rank
2016 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|T20 \|align=right\|n/a \|n/a \|71.00 \|n/a
2017 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|T7 \|align=right\|n/a \|n/a \|71.75 \|n/a
2018 \|24 \|14 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|3 \|align=right\|244,474 \|73 \|72.36 \|105
2019 \|23 \|19 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|4 \|1 \|align=right\|1,043,537 \|12 \|71.45 \|61
2020 \|14 \|13 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|T2 \|align=right\|442,843 \|22 \|71.34 \|27
2021 \|18 \|16 \|0 \|1 \|2 \|4 \|2 \|align=right\|580,227 \|36 \|70.45 \|24
2022 \|21 \|21 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|9 \|2 \|align=right\|1,175,048 \|18 \|69.82 \|11
2023 \|21 \|16 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|3 \|1 \|align=right\|1,027,812 \|24 \|70.61 \|29
2024 \|20 \|16 \|3 \|1 \|0 \|6 \|1 \|align=right\|2,074,873 \|9 \|70.23 \|6
Totals^ !141 (2018) !115 (2018) !6 !4 !4 !28 !1 !align=right\|6,588,814 !61 ! !

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! Year !! Tournaments
played !! Cuts
made * !! Wins (Majors) !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top
10s !! Best
finish !! Earnings
($) !! Money
list rank !! Scoring
average !! Scoring
rank

2016

|T20

|align=right|n/a

|n/a

|71.00

|n/a

2017

|T7

|align=right|n/a

|n/a

|71.75

|n/a

2018

|24

|14

|align=right|244,474

|73

|72.36

|105

2019

|23

|19

|align=right|1,043,537

|12

|71.45

|61

2020

|14

|13

|T2

|align=right|442,843

|22

|71.34

|27

2021

|18

|16

|align=right|580,227

|36

|70.45

|24

2022

|21

|align=right|1,175,048

|18

|69.82

|11

2023

|21

|16

|align=right|1,027,812

|24

|70.61

|29

2024

|20

|16

|align=right|2,074,873

|70.23

Totals^

!141 (2018)

!115 (2018)

!28

!align=right|6,588,814

!61

^ Official as of 2024 season{{cite web |access-date=27 November 2024 |title=Hannah Green stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/hannah-green/98813/stats}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/hannah-green/98813/results |title=Hannah Green results |publisher=LPGA |access-date=27 November 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=27 November 2024}}

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! World ranking !! Source
2015	344	{{cite web \|url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2015-12-28 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 28, 2015}}
2016	408	{{cite web \|url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2016-12-26 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 26, 2016}}
2017	200	{{cite web \|url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2017-12-25 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 25, 2017}}
2018	143	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 31, 2018}}
2019	22	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 30, 2019}}
2020	18	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 28, 2020}}
2021	26	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 27, 2021}}
2022	19	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 26, 2022}}
2023	28	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 25, 2023}}
2024	6	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 30, 2024}}

Team appearances

Amateur

Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2016 (winners)
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2016
Astor Trophy (representing Australia): 2015 (winners)
Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 2012 (winners)
Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2014, 2015, 2016

Professional

The Queens (representing ALPG): 2017
International Crown (representing Australia): 2023

Recognition

2019 – Australian Women's Health Sport Awards Outstanding Woman in Sport.{{Cite web |url=https://www.womenshealth.com.au/2019-womens-health-women-in-sport-awards-winners |title=The Winners Of The 2019 Women In Sport Awards |first=Lauren |last=Williamson |date=16 October 2019 |publisher=Australian Women's Health |access-date=17 October 2019}}
2020 - Western Australian Sports Star of the Year (joint with Nat Fyfe)

References

External links

{{LPGA player|hannah-green/98813}}
{{WPGA Tour Australasia player|green-hannah}}
{{ALPG Tour player|4797|archive=20200809090218}}
{{WWGR|4449}}

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Category:LPGA Tour golfers

Category:ALPG Tour golfers

Category:Winners of LPGA major golf championships

Category:Olympic golfers for Australia

Category:Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Golfers from Perth, Western Australia

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen