Hannah Green finishes 4th at Founders Cup
Hannah Green – file photo USGA
Hannah Green tied for fourth place in the opening full-field event of the LPGA Tour season. The West Australian finished the Founders Cup event in Bradenton, Florida, eight shots from first-time LPGA Tour winner Yealimi Noh of the USA.
Green was unable to reproduce the brilliance of her second and third rounds of 65 and 66 but it has been an encouraging week after a 20th place finish at last week’s Tournament of Champions.
Green earns US$89,000 for her placing and appears on track for yet another good season on the LPGA Tour.
At this stage Green is not entered for the opening event of the Asian swing in Thailand beginning in ten days’ time but is entered for the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore the following week.
It was a week of mixed fortunes for the nine-strong Australasian contingent, two of whom Fiona Xu and Cassie Porter were playing the LPGA Tour as card holders for the first occasion.
Minjee Lee tied for 28th this week, Gabi Ruffels 39th, Lydia Ko, Stephanie Kyriacou and New Zealand’s Fiona Xu 48th and Hira Naveed 56th.
Karis Davidson and LPGA Tour debutante Cassie Porter both missed the cut.
