Hannah Green fended off strong competition from France’s Celine Boutier to claim a one-shot victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.
The 27-year-old Australian came into the final round with a two-shot lead and held onto the lead through the final round carding a one-under 71 which was sealed with a par at the last to end the tournament on 19 under and claim a third LPGA Tour triumph of the year. This is also her sixth victory of her career and second wire-to-wire triumph since 2019.
“Yeah, it was a crazy finish, I guess,” Green said. “My caddie said to me at the start of the day, ‘Let’s try and get a lead and have a bit of a cushion coming in.’ I did not do that and made it very interesting.
“But the putt on 17, I was very nervous. I was just very happy to see that one go in and on the last hole I was hoping I would have more of a tap-in but I like to make things interesting. But yeah, just super proud of myself for hanging in there because today conditions were very tough. The wind was very swirly, and I think everyone was trying to battle the wind. Yeah, it was tough. I haven’t experienced a wind direction change like that before.”
Following the victory, Green now joins America’s Nelly Korda and New Zealand’s Lilia Vu as the only female players to achieve three or more victories in 2024.
Boutier hit a six-under 66 in the final round to finish a shot behind while Thailand’s Chanettee Wannasaen ended a shot further back on 17 under thanks to two bogeys on the back nine.
What is the next event?
The next event on the LPGA Tour is the Maybank Championship taking place between 24-27 October at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Malaysia.