Queensland’s Cassie Porter will make her first appearance in a major with the ringing endorsement of a fellow Aussie with major championship pedigree at The Chevron Championship starting Thursday night in Texas.

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.

There are two further Aussies in action this week with Robyn Choi and Su Oh to both contest the IOA Championship on the Epson Tour.

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.

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