Of the seven Australians to tee it up in the first LPGA major of 2025, Porter is the only one who has to manage major debutant nerves.

But after earning promotion to the LPGA Tour in 2025 via the Epson Tour, the 22-year-old has made a quick transition to the highest echelon in women’s golf.

Her place in the field this week was secured with a fourth-place finish at the Blue Bay LPGA in China, a result that world No.5 Hannah Green believes is an indicator of even bigger things to come.

“I played a practise round with Cassie a couple of weeks ago when we played in Phoenix and she was kind of saying she’s a little bit of a homebody like myself and how to manage things when it comes to schedules,” said Green, the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA champion.

“It’s obviously great that she’s had a good finish so early in the year so she can at least know what events she’ll get into and what she won’t.

“Chevron is a great course. There is a lot of water and I’m sure she’s kind of used to that playing in Queensland and Sydney.

“She hits a long ball and that will be really beneficial in any major championship. Hopefully having her coach Dan (Morrison) on the bag, if she’s in some tricky moments, that will be able to give her some clarity and some help out there.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Aussie girls play well this week.”

Porter has the honour of being the first of the Aussies away tonight, teeing off at 10:59pm Thursday night alongside Thai pair Ariya Jutanugarn and Chanettee Wannasaen.

As the women take centre stage, there is a strong Australasian presence at the DP World Tour’s Hainan Open in China, there are nine Aussies contesting the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on the PGA TOUR Champions and Karl Vilips will partner former Stanford teammate Michael Thorbjornsen and Cam Davis has teamed up with Adam Svensson as he returns to the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the first time since 2019.

Round 1 tee times AEST

LPGA Tour
The Chevron Championship
The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas
10:59pm          Cassie Porter
11:54pm          Gabriela Ruffels
12:05am*         Hira Naveed
3:59am             Stephanie Kyriacou
4:10am*           Hannah Green
4:21am*           Lydia Ko (NZ)
4:32am*           Minjee Lee
4:43am*           Grace Kim

Recent champion: Nelly Korda
Past Aussie winners: Karrie Webb (2000, 2006)
Prize money: $US8m
TV times: Live 1am-5am, 8am-10am Friday, Saturday; Live 4am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo.

PGA TOUR
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
10:39pm*         Karl Vilips/Michael Thorbjornsen
10:52pm          Cam Davis/Adam Svensson
4:10am            Ryan Fox (NZ)/Garrick Higgo

Recent champions: Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
Past Aussie winners: Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt (2017); Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman (2021)
Prize money: $US9.2m
TV times: Live 10pm-8am Thursday; Live 10:45pm-8am Friday; Live 10:30pm-8am Saturday, Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

PGA TOUR Champions
Mitsubishi Electric Classic
TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia
Australasians in the field: Steven Alker (NZ), Steve Allan, Stuart Appleby, David Bransdon, Greg Chalmers, Richard Green, Mark Hensby, Brendan Jones, Cameron Percy, John Senden.

Recent champion: Stephen Ames
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US2m
TV times: 12pm-1:30pm Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 5am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.

LIV Golf
LIV Golf Mexico City
Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico
Australasians in the field: Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Lucas Herbert, Ben Campbell (NZ), Danny Lee (NZ)

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US20m
TV times: Live from 5am Saturday, 4am Sunday, Monday on 7 Mate.

DP World Tour
Hainan Classic
Blackstone Course, Mission Hills Resort Haikou, Hainan Island, China
9am                 Jason Scrivener
9:50am*           Elvis Smylie
10:20am          George Worrall
1:50pm*          Brett Coletta
2:10pm            Daniel Hillier (NZ)
2:30pm            Kazuma Kobori (NZ)
3:30pm            Danny List
3:30pm*          Daniel Gale

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US2.55m

Korn Ferry Tour
Veritex Bank Championship
Texas Rangers Golf Club, Arlington, Texas
11:13pm          Rhein Gibson
4:27am            Harrison Endycott
4:49am*           Harry Hillier (NZ)

Recent champion: Tim Widing
Past Aussie winners:
Prize money: $US1m

Epson Tour
IOA Championship
Morongo Casino Resort and Spa, Beaumont, California
Australians in the field: Robyn Choi, Su Oh

Recent champion: Juliana Hung
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US225,000

Japan Golf Tour
Maezawa Cup
MZ Golf Club, Chiba
9:20am*           Brad Kennedy
10:55am          Michael Hendry (NZ)

Recent champion: Inaugural event
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: ¥200m

PGA Tour Americas
KIA Open
Quito Tenis y Golf Club, Quito, Ecuador
2:10am            Charlie Hillier (NZ)
3:30am*           Grant Booth

Recent champion: Thomas Longbella
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US225,000

Korea PGA Tour
Woori Finance Championship
Seowon Valley CC, Paju, South Korea
8:10am*           Changgi Lee (NZ)
8:50am*           Junseok Lee
1:30pm*          Wonjoon Lee
2:20pm*          Sungjin Yeo (NZ)

Recent champion: Lim Seong-jae
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize Money: KRW1.5b

Legends Tour
Barbados Legends Hosted By Ian Woosnam
Apes Hill, Barbados
Australasians in the field: Michael Campbell (NZ), Scott Hend, Michael Long (NZ)

Recent champion: Peter Baker
Past Aussie winners: Nil