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Aussies on Tour: Green’s win in Singapore a perfect start to a big year


West Australian Hannah Green’s win at this week’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore holds a lot more weight behind it than the trophy and US$270,000 pay-day.

Green’s fourth LPGA Tour title all but secures her a ticket to the Paris Olympics being held in August of this year.

Coming into the week, Green sat 23rd on the Olympic rankings, 50 spots clear of nearest Aussie Grace Kim, with this win most likely pushing her up into the top-20.

With Minjee Lee sitting at fifth, the Lee-Green duo who teamed up in Tokyo 2020 is looking very likely to represent Australia again at Paris 2024.

Finishing in a tie for fifth in 2020, agonisingly short of the podium and a medal, Green will head to Paris with high expectations of herself.

Her win this week means Green now joins an illustrious group that includes Karrie Webb, Jan Stephenson, Minjee Lee and Rachel Hetherington as Aussies with at least four wins on the LPGA Tour.

Elsewhere, bad weather in Florida has meant that the PGA TOUR’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches will be finished on Monday (US time). Min Woo Lee is currently T16, five shots off the pace, with 11 holes remaining in his final round.

Haydn Barron continued his positive start to his DP World Tour career, with a T20 at the SDC Championship in South Africa, while Matt Jones finished solo-14th at the LIV Golf Jeddah event.

LPGA Tour

HSBC Women’s World Championship

Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Cse), Singapore

1             Hannah Green                   74-67-67-67–275             US$270,000

T25         Grace Kim                            74-71-67-75–287             $16,779

T29         Minjee Lee                          74-71-72-71–288             $14,036

T34         Lydia Ko (NZ)                      76-70-71-72–289             $11,434

T41         Sarah Kemp                        75-72-74-70–291             $7,963

T41         Stephanie Kyriacou          71-69-76-75–291             $7,963

PGA TOUR

Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

PGA National Resort (The Champion Cse), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

*not finished

1             Austin Eckroat                   -15

T16         Min Woo Lee                     -10

T35         Ryan Fox (NZ)                    -8

MC         Aaron Baddeley                71-71–142

DP World Tour

SDC Championship

St Francis Links, Eastern Cape, South Africa

1             Jordan Gumberg               68-69-71-68–276             €235,904.07

T20         Haydn Barron                    70-72-71-71–284             €15,923.52

MC         Sam Jones (NZ)                 74-72–146

MC         Jason Scrivener                 74-75–149

LIV Golf

LIV Golf Jeddah

Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, Saudi Arabia

1             Joaquin Niemann             63-64-66–193                    US$4,000,000

14           Matt Jones                        70-66-66–202                    US$320,000

T22         Lucas Herbert                    65-66-73–204                    $203,000

T41         Cameron Smith                 69-70-70–209                    $129,375

T41         Marc Leishman                  72-66-71–209                    $129,375

Korn Ferry Tour

117 Visa Argentina Open

Olivos Golf Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1             Mason Anderson              64-67-69-63–263             US$180,000

T34         Rhein Gibson                      66-68-70-68–272

MC         Curtis Luck                          75-64–139

MC         Tom Power Horan            70-71–141

MC         Brett Drewitt                      71-72–143

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