West Australian Hannah Green has two chances to join Karrie Webb in rare company as she makes her tournament debut at this week’s LPGA Tour event in Florida.
Already a three-time winner this season, Green is playing The ANNIKA for the first time, the tournament serving as the penultimate event ahead of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.
Currently sixth in the Race to CME Globe standings, Green can join Webb as the only Australians with four wins in a single LPGA Tour season, Webb winning an extraordinary 13 tournaments across the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson won three times in a single season on three separate occasions, Green coming in on the back of her third win at the BMW Ladies Championship and tie for sixth at the Maybank Championship.
As Green chases a shot at history, three other Aussies are playing to ensure their place in the season finale.
With only the top 60 and ties to advance, Minjee Lee (56th), Stephanie Kyriacou (60th) and Hira Naveed (72nd) all need to play well to extend their LPGA seasons by an additional week.
The DP World Tour 2024 season comes to an end this week with Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott to contest the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Aaron Baddeley is the lone Aussie in the field at the PGA TOUR’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship and there are five Australians in action in the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open on the Asian Tour.
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Round 1 tee times AEDT
LPGA Tour
The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
11pm* Hira Naveed
11:22pm Stephanie Kyriacou
11:33pm* Gabriela Ruffels
11:44pm Minjee Lee
3:58am* Lydia Ko (NZ)
4:09am* Hannah Green
5:04am* Robyn Choi
2023 champion: Lilia Vu
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prize money: $US3.25 million
TV times: Live 2am-5am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 503; Live 6am-9:10am Sunday on Fox Sports 506; Live 5am-8am Monday on Fox Sports 503.