Tournaments both have won previously have come at an opportune time for Australian major winners Hannah Green and Jason Day.

A three-time winner on the LPGA Tour last year rising to a career high of No.5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking, Green has endured a year of frustration on the golf course.

Three top-10 finishes in her first five starts was an encouraging platform to build season 2025 upon yet her past seven starts have yielded a solitary top-30 finish along with three missed cuts.

Which is why The Standard Portland Classic will again be a welcome stop on the schedule.

Fresh off her major championship breakthrough, Green won the 2019 Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, starting a love affair with Portland that continues to this day.

A regular visitor to the Australian-style Proud Mary café during tournament week, Green can also call upon her performance in 2022 when she finished tied for third.

It’s been a decade since his victory and the venue is different but Jason Day could also tap into some former glory at the BMW Championship in Maryland.

The second week of the FedExCup Playoffs on the PGA TOUR features just the sole Australian alongside Kiwi Ryan Fox.

Day’s triumph at the 2015 BMW Championship was part of his extraordinary run that included the US PGA Championship on his rise to world No.1.

After starting this year’s FedExCup Playoffs in 37th position, Day’s tie for 56th last week saw him drop seven spots and now in need of a top 20 finish to advance to the Tour Championship.

A two-time winner in what has been a breakout season for New Zealand’s No.1, Fox arrives at the 50-man BMW Championship field in 34th position and needing to finish inside the top 30 to make it to East Lake Golf Club.

Round 1 tee times AEST

PGA TOUR
BMW Championship
Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland
11:54pm          Ryan Fox (NZ)
1:54am            Jason Day

Recent champion: Keegan Bradley
Past Aussie winners: Jason Day (2015), Marc Leishman (2017)
Prizemoney: $US20m
TV times: Live 11pm-8am Thursday; Live 11:55pm-8am Friday; Live 1am-8am Sunday; Live 11pm-8am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports.

LPGA Tour
The Standard Portland Classic
Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon
12:26am          Fiona Xu (NZ)
1:32am*           Robyn Choi
2:05am*           Su Oh
5:48am            Hannah Green
5:59am            Grace Kim
5:59am*           Hira Naveed
6:10am            Cassie Porter, Gabriela Ruffels
6:32am*           Karis Davidson
6:54am*           Sarah Kemp

Recent champion: Moriya Jutanugarn
Past Aussie winners: Hannah Green (2019)
Prizemoney: $US2m
TV times: Live 1am-4am Friday, Saturday on Fox Sports 506; Live 8am-11am Sunday on Fox Sports 503; Live 6am-9am Monday on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo Sports.

Epson Tour
Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic
Wildhorse Golf Course, Pendleton, Oregon
Australians in the field: Jess Whitting, Soo Jin Lee, Sarah Yamaki Branch

Recent champion: Pornanong Phatlum
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: $US250,000

LET Access Series
Ladies Slovak Golf Open
TALE Ski Golf & Hotel Resort, Slovakia
8:47pm*          Belinda Ji
8:58pm*          Abbie Teasdale
9:09pm            Justice Bosio

Recent champion: Tina Mazarino
Past Aussie winners: Nil
Prizemoney: €50,000