Green wins first major at Women’s PGA Championship

LOS ANGELES, California: Hannah Green became the first Australian to win a major championship in 13 years on Sunday, holding off a pack of marquee players to deliver wire-to-wire victory at the Women’s PGA Championship.The 22-year-old Green had and up and down par save on the final hole for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke victory over defending champion Park Sung-hyun.“To win a major as my first event I am so over the moon,” said Green. Green, of Perth, capped her win with a nervy four-foot putt on 18 for her third birdie of the round to reach a nine-under 279 total at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.“I was really nervous playing the last five holes,” said Green. “I am just happy I made a clutch putt because that is what I was struggling with in the middle of the round.”

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