After her wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in Korea, Hannah Green entered rarified air.
She joins World No. 1 Nelly Korda and LPGA Hall-of-Famer Lydia Ko as the only players to win three or more times in 2024. In doing so, Green becomes the first Aussie to accomplish this feat since Kerrie Webb did so in 2006.
“I did not know that about Webby’s statistics. But yeah, I’ve playing really solid this year. Obviously having two wins and a runner-up and things like that. But I just felt really different this off-season. I felt much more motivated,” Green said after.
“I got married in January. So this has been a very special year. But it helps that I’ve been hitting the ball well, and when the putter goes well, it does go well. So just making sure that I can stay consistent. But I still have four or five more tournaments for the rest of the year, so I want to continue to work hard and have myself in these type of positions.”
For the second time this year, Green fended off Celine Boutier of France by one stroke. The Aussie carded a 1-under 71 during her final round, as her birdie on the 17th hole proved to be the difference. Boutier, meanwhile, began the day six shots back and posted a 6-under 66.
“It was a crazy finish, I guess,” Green added.
“I think I had 127 metres to the pin, and so I hit my 8-iron. The wind was a little bit swirly. It was sometimes into the wind, sometimes from the right. So I wasn’t sure if it was 8-iron but I got lucky with the timing of when I hit my shot. I left myself a very difficult putt down the hill, and I guess I was fortunate enough to see Ashleigh Buhai’s putt and she didn’t hit a great putt. So I knew that it was going to be very quick and felt confident even though I was very nervous, and yeah, it went into the middle. So that was really nice, and I knew that gave me the one-shot lead.”
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