Hannah Green Facts: 20 Things To Know About Australian LPGA Tour Star
Get to know the life and career of Major champion and multiple LPGA Tour winner Hannah Green better
Hannah Green won her first title on the LPGA Tour at just 22-years-old, with victory in the 2019 Women's PGA Championship, no less.
She has managed to pick up many more trophies since and is established as one of the best Australian golfers on the planet.
Get to know her life and impressive career so far better with these facts...
Hannah Green golfer facts:
1. Green was born on 20 December 1996 in Perth, Western Australia.
2. Her dad introduced her to golf at a young age, who enjoyed playing the sport whenever he could.
3. She received the Karrie Webb Scholarship in 2015, which awards $15,000 to be spent on international travel, playing experiences over the northern hemisphere summer and additional development opportunities as well as mentoring from Karrie Webb and the chance to play and train with her.
4. Green turned pro in 2016 after a successful amateur career that included a win at the 2015 Victorian Women's Amateur Championship - a tournament that dates back to 1900. Minjee Lee was runner-up in both 2012 and 2013.
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5. She won three times on the Symetra Tour (LPGA feeder circuit, now known as Epson Tour) in 2017 to finish 2nd on the money list and win the Rookie of the Year title.
6. She has four wins on the Women's PGA Tour of Australasia.
7. Her maiden LPGA Tour title came at a Major, when she won the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship wire-to-wire at Hazeltine by one stroke.
8. She became the first Australian woman to win a Major since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship and only the third in history after Webb and Jan Stephenson.
9. She won her second LPGA Tour title at the 2019 Cambia Portland Classic with a score of 21-under-par to beat Yealimi Noh by one stroke.
10. She won the Greg Norman Medal in 2019, which goes to the best Australian professional golfer of the year. It was founded in 2015 and has been won by the likes of Jason Day, Minjee Lee and Cameron Smith.
11. Green won the 2019 Western Australia Sports Star of the Year award alongside Aussie Rules player Nat Fyfe.
12. She made her Olympics debut in Tokyo 2020 where she finished 5th.
13. Green once again qualified for the Olympics at Paris 2024.
14. She won the JM Eagle LA Championship on the LPGA Tour in both 2023 and 2024.
15. In 2024 she beat Celine Boutier by one stroke to win the prestigious HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.
16. Green is a Srixon ambassador and plays the company's driver, irons and ball as well as wearing Srixon headwear and using a Srixon bag.
17. She reached a career-best world ranking of 5th in 2024.
18. She married her now-husband Jarryd Felton in January 2024. Felton is also a professional golfer, who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
19. Her long-time caddie is Nate Blasko from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
20. Green has won over $6m on the LPGA Tour.
Born | December 20 1996, Perth, Western Australia |
Turned pro | 2016 |
LPGA Tour wins | 5 |
Epson Tour wins | 3 |
Women's PGA Tour of Australasia wins | 4 |
Major wins | 1 (2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship) |
2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship (Major) | -9 (1 stroke) |
2019 Cambia Portland Classic | -21 (1 stroke) |
2023 JM Eagle LA Championship | -9 (playoff) |
2024 HSBC Women's World Championship | -13 (1 stroke) |
2024 JM Eagle LA Championship | -12 (3 strokes) |
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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