Hannah Green’s dream year continues with her third victory of the season at the BMW Ladies Championship. Green said she came into the 2024 season highly motivated after getting married in January. The 27-year-old won in her second start to the season in Singapore with a one-shot victory over France’s Celine Boutier.
In South Korea, Green once again finished one stroke ahead of Boutier, claiming her first wire-to-wire victory since 2019. A clutch birdie on the 17th and a gutsy par on the final hole at Seowon Valley Country Club clinched Green’s sixth career LPGA title.
“The putt on 17, I was very nervous,” said Green, who needed to do something special after Boutier’s 66 put her in the clubhouse at 18 under.
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“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.”
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Green closed with a 71 to finish at 19 under against a stacked but limited field of 78 players. Seventeen of the 18 winners on tour this season were at the BMW. World No. 1 Nelly Korda, a six-time winner in 2024, missed the event due to a neck injury.
Boutier, who also finished in the top 10 last week in China, recorded five birdies over her last seven holes and led the field in greens in regulation.
“I think my long game has been really solid for a while now,” said Boutier. “I just haven’t been able to score very much, and then the last two weeks, I was able to hit a few rounds really low. So I think that’s helped me a lot.”
Green became the first Aussie since Karrie Webb in 2006 to win three times in one season. She’s only the third Australian in tour history to accomplish the feat, joining Webb and Jan Stephenson.
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