1996–2015: Early life and amateur career Hannah Green was born on 20 December 1996 in
Perth, Western Australia. Her father played golf, and she took up the sport aged nine after hitting with his clubs. She grew up playing golf at Mt Lawley Golf Club near her home city. Green later attended
Como Secondary College and was in the golf academy at the school. She intentionally chose the college as she knew they would allow her to take time off to attend tournaments. In 2012, she was a member of the Australian team that defeated New Zealand 34.5–13.5 in the
Trans Tasman Cup, an amateur team competition between the two nations. In 2014, she won the WA Amateur Championship, and the
Dunes Medal. In 2015, Green helped Australia secure victory at the
Astor Trophy, a tournament featuring teams from
the Commonwealth. She also won the Karrie Webb scholarship, which gave her financial support for travel expenses as well as coaching from
Karrie Webb. and, while still playing as an amateur, finished second in the
Handa New Zealand Women's Open Championship behind world number one
Lydia Ko.
2016–2021: Turning professional and first major triumph Green turned professional in 2016, The following year, she played on the
Symetra Tour, winning three times, at the
Sara Bay Classic, the
Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, and the
IOA Golf Classic. After twelve top-10 finishes, she finished second on the money list and won the
Rookie of the Year award. She earned her 2018 LPGA Tour card as a result. Green made her
major championship debut at the
2018 ANA Inspiration, finishing in a tie for 16th place. During the
2018 LPGA Tour, she made the cut at 14 out of 24 events, recording one top-10 finish. That came at the
ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, where she finished third, four shots behind champion
Ko Jin-young. In February 2019, Green finished tied-10th at the Handa Women's Australian Open. In June, she 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. At the start of the tournament, held at
Hazeltine National Golf Club in
Minnesota, Green was ranked 114th in the world. Her victory made her the third Australian woman to win a major, after Webb and
Jan Stephenson. Her previous best major finish had been the tied for 16th she recorded at the 2018 ANA Inspiration. On 1 September 2019, Green won her second LPGA Tour event at the
Cambia Portland Classic. She had held a five-stroke advantage after the conclusion of the second round before trailing
Yealimi Noh by one stroke at the end of the third. In the final round, a
par on the 18th hole for Green coupled with a bogey for Noh gave Green the title. She finished tied-10th at the
Toto Japan Classic, and in December, Green was awarded the
Greg Norman Medal. In February 2020, she was jointly awarded the 2019
Western Australian Sports Star of the Year with
Australian rules football player,
Nat Fyfe. Over the course of the
2020 LPGA Tour, Green made the cut at thirteen of the fourteen events that she entered with one top-10 finish. In April 2021, Green finished joint runner-up at the
HSBC Women's World Championship, bogeying her final two holes to finish one shot behind South Korea's
Hyo Joo Kim, before finishing tied-3rd at the
Hugel-Air Premia LA Open. In June, she recorded a tied-3rd-place finish at the
LPGA Mediheal Championship. In August 2021, Green represented Australia in the
women's individual event at the
2020 Olympic Games in
Tokyo. She scored 13-under-par in total and finished fifth overall. On the
2021 LPGA Tour, Green made the cut at 16 of the 18 tournaments that she entered and posted four top-10 finishes. before winning the
TPS Murray River tournament. Her triumph in the latter made her the first woman to win a 72-hole mixed gender event on a leading tour. In March, she finished tied-6th at the HSBC Women's World Championship, and in April, she finished in a tie for eighth at the
Chevron Championship. Later that month, at the DIO Implant LA Open, Green finished in second position, five strokes behind
Nasa Hataoka. In May, she led the
Palos Verdes Championship by one stroke following the conclusion of the penultimate round, but eventually finished in a tie for fifth after making four bogeys during her final round. She also finished tied-5th at the
Women's PGA Championship in June. In September, she finished tied-3rd at the
AmazingCre Portland Classic, and in November, she posted a tied-4th finish at the
Pelican Women's Championship. During the
2022 LPGA Tour season, Green made the cut at all 21 events that she entered and recorded nine top-10 finishes. In May 2023, Green was victorious at the
JM Eagle LA Championship after defeating
Aditi Ashok and
Lin Xiyu in a playoff. It was her third LPGA Tour title. Later that month, she represented Australia at the
International Crown and helped them overcome Sweden 3–0 in the semi-finals, before losing to Thailand by the same scoreline in the final. In August, she finished tied-4th at the
CPKC Women's Open, and in October, she finished seventh at the
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. On the
2023 LPGA Tour, Green made the cut at 16 of the 21 events in which she competed and recorded three top-10 finishes. The following month, she claimed another LPGA title, after securing a three-shot victory at the JM Eagle LA Championship to successfully defend the title she had won a year previously. Following her victory, she rose ten places in the
world rankings to a career-high of eighth. In May, after finishing runner-up to
Nelly Korda at the
Mizuho Americas Open, she reached number five in the rankings. At the
2024 Summer Olympics, Green finished in a tie for fourth, one shot away from the bronze-medal position. It was the best ever finish by an Australian in an Olympic golf event. In October, she secured her third LPGA title of the year, with a one-stroke triumph over Boutier at the
BMW Ladies Championship. Green made the cut at 16 of the 20 events that she entered on the
2024 LPGA Tour and posted six top-10 finishes. In February 2025, Green finished tied-4th at the
LPGA Founders Cup, and the following month, she finished tied-7th at the HSBC Women's World Championship. A few weeks later, her defence of her JM Eagle LA Championship title ended with a tied-9th-placed finish. Green missed the cut at the
Evian Championship in July, marking the first of five missed cuts in her next six tournaments. In October, Green finished tied-5th at the BMW Championship, before helping Australia win the
International Crown for the first time. Australia defeated the United States in the final with Green overcoming Noh in the singles. The following month, at the
Maybank Championship, Green reached a three-way playoff, but was ultimately defeated by
Miyū Yamashita who won the title. During the
2025 LPGA Tour, Green posted five top-10 finishes and made the cut at 14 of the 20 events that she competed in. Her husband acted as her
caddie after her regular caddie was unavailable. Two weeks later, she was victorious at the
Women's Australian Open. She secured a one-stroke victory to earn her first
Ladies European Tour title and become the first Australian to win the title since 2014. The following week, Green secured her third successive victory, by triumphing at the
Australian WPGA Championship. With her husband again standing in as her caddie, she finished four strokes ahead of the field to become the first Australian female golfer to win three international events in succession. At the 2026 JM Eagle LA Championship, Green won her fourth title of the year. She defeated
Sei Young Kim and
Im Jin-hee in a playoff after making a birdie on the first extra hole. It was her third victory at the tournament in the last four years. ==Personal life==