Green Continues Fine Form Before First Women's Major

Australian Hannah Green's beardown commencement to 2026 continued pinch triumph successful nan JM Eagle LA Championship - her 4th triumph of nan year.

In March, she became nan first Australian to triumph nan Women's Australian Open since 2014, and lifted nan LPGA's Women's World Championship and nan Australian WPGA Championship.

In Los Angeles, Green holed a curling 12-foot birdie putt connected nan first play-off spread to triumph this LPGA Tour arena for nan 3rd clip successful 4 years.

It was a stunning triumph for Green fixed she had concisely been six shots adrift of nan lead aft Kim Sei-young chipped successful for an eagle 3 connected nan 11th.

Green responded pinch nan first of 5 birdies successful six holes arsenic she reeled successful Kim and Im Jin-hee and each 3 vanished connected 17 nether par.

"I didn't deliberation I was still successful nan tournament," said Green, who won her only major, nan Women's PGA Championship, successful 2019.

On her tournament-winning stroke, she added: "I had that putt, akin statement successful regulation, truthful I felt somewhat comfortable."

Kim had already missed a 35-foot birdie effort while Im - penalised a changeable for slow play during Saturday's 3rd information - was besides incapable to get down successful 3 aft a bad boy tee shot.

The tourney was played astatine El Caballero for nan 2nd twelvemonth because of people renovations astatine Wilshire wherever Green had won this title successful 2023 and 2024.

During Saturday's round, nan tournament's prize money was accrued by $1m to $4.75m (£3.5m), lifting nan purse to nan highest connected nan circuit extracurricular of nan awesome championships and season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.

As a consequence of that, Green took location $712,500, up from $562,500.

The Chevron Championship, nan first women's awesome of nan year, stars connected Thursday successful Houston, Texas.