{"id":618292,"date":"2026-04-20T02:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618292\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:26:10","slug":"hannah-green-wins-la-championship-in-playoff-prize-money-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618292\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Green wins LA Championship in playoff, prize money, video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Hannah Green pulled off one of the best comebacks in recent memory to win the LPGA\u2019s JM Eagle LA Championship at El Caballero Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old birdied the first playoff by holing a superb right-to-left curling putt to defeat Korean duo Sei Young Kim and Jin Hee Im.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 LPGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/golf?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Green made five back nine birdies, including four in a row from holes 13 to 16, to charge into the three-way playoff after being six shots off the lead on the 11th hole.<\/p>\n<p>Once she got to the playoff, there was no stopping the West Australian, who finished 17-under par overall after a final round four-under 67.<\/p>\n<p>Green hit a pearler of an approach on the first playoff hole that landed near the flag and bounced past the cup to set up a birdie chance.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian\u2019s smirk as she walked down the fairway may have indicated it was a slight pull with the pin on the left side of the green, the same side as the water. <\/p>\n<p>But it left her with a similar birdie putt that she had on her previous trip down the 18th, roughly 20 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Green celebrates victory in LA.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>There was no way she was missing a second time as Green looked like she possessed nerves of steal as rolled in the decisive putt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I\u2019m definitely nervous,\u201d Green said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wedge probably flew a bit further because of the nerves coming in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, no, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be doing this, or be in contention, if I wasn\u2019t nervous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the feeling that you want when you\u2019re out here. That\u2019s what makes you want to do it over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\u2018Out of this world\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/pga-tour-2026-matt-fitzpatrick-defeats-scottie-scheffler-in-a-playoff-to-win-rbc-heritage-incredible-shot-into-18th-green-gary-woodland-holeout-eagle\/news-story\/66c14f54afffaf1fec8a3cc1a5673639\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">PGA escape act stuns world No.1 as \u2018shot of year\u2019 lights up $28m finale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/bryson-dechambeau-withdraws-from-liv-mexico-city-as-jon-rahm-claims-dominant-win-liv-announces-2027-return-to-mexico-despite-future-funding-being-in-doubt\/news-story\/38c1fdb15ba526113aeaef72da076e05\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\ufeff\u2018Bulls***\u2019 Bryson move raises eyebrows as LIV make big statement on uncertain future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/liv-golf-ceo-scott-oneil-deleted-interview-saudis-to-fund-until-the-end-of-the-year-bryson-dechambeau-dummy-spit-over-course-quality\/news-story\/1d86991013b4144f88b105c7a2d47565\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\ufeffLIV boss\u2019 deleted interview causes stir about future as Bryson spits the dummy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for her comeback for the ages, Green revealed that freedom that came with being so far back as holes were running out inspired her birdie blitz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was doing what I said I wanted to do yesterday &#8211; hit more greens &#8211; but I felt like it was quite difficult to actually get it close to the greens,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was giving myself good opportunities, but I had so many downhill putts and you just can\u2019t really be aggressive with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI honestly didn\u2019t really think I was in the tournament still. I was like \u2018oh well, I\u2019ll just go for as many pins as possible\u2019 and obviously got on a nice stretch there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of thought the (eagle) putt that I missed on 16 was kind of the crucial moment. So, I\u2019m just fortunate enough that I at least got into the playoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had that putt, obviously very similar line in regulation, so I felt somewhat comfortable but it was still a tough putt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just really glad it went in the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles course has been a happy hunting ground for Green.<\/p>\n<p>She won this very tournament in 2023 and 2024, winning for the first time in a playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Green collected winner\u2019s cheques worth US$450,000 and US$562,500 on those occasions.<\/p>\n<p>She chose a good week to be on her A game as during the third round, event sponsor JM Eagle announced they were adding US$1 million to the prize purse.<\/p>\n<p>That decision upped the total pot to US$4.75m with Green taking home US$712,500 (A$996,880) for completing the hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest golf news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=GolfArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hannah Green with her winner&#8217;s cheque.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>The West Australian is in formidable form heading into the first women\u2019s major of the year &#8211; the Chevron Championship.<\/p>\n<p>She had already won on the LPGA this season in Singapore in February, and now sits third on the season-long rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Green followed that performance up with back-to-back wins on home soil at the women\u2019s Australian Open and the Australian WPGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>During that magical fortnight in Adelaide and on the Gold Coast, Green became the first Australian in more than a decade to win the national open. <\/p>\n<p>She also now possesses eight LPGA victories her name as well as 17 professional titles around the globe, including a major victory at the Women\u2019s PGA Championship in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The world No.8 may also get closer to usurping world No.6 Minjee Lee as the top-ranked Australia once the rankings are updated after the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Hannah Green pulled off one of the best comebacks in recent memory to win the LPGA\u2019s JM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[3443,2095,1724,64,63,689,20211,33067,43486,485,299776,299778,299783,299782,2485,755,1745,31550,299780,29741,481,6937,2041,2067,677,48014,299775,299784,701,299777,51338,942,1124,2812,85,299781,299779,2614],"class_list":{"0":"post-618292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-adelaide","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-asia","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","14":"tag-back-to-back-wins","15":"tag-birdie-blitz","16":"tag-birdie-putt","17":"tag-california","18":"tag-cheques-worth","19":"tag-el-caballero-country-club","20":"tag-event-sponsor","21":"tag-formidable-form-heading","22":"tag-gold-coast","23":"tag-golf","24":"tag-golf-news","25":"tag-home-soil","26":"tag-jin-hee-im","27":"tag-ladies-professional-golf-association","28":"tag-los-angeles","29":"tag-matt-fitzpatrick","30":"tag-north-america","31":"tag-northern-america","32":"tag-oceania","33":"tag-playoff-hole","34":"tag-prize-money-increase","35":"tag-professional-titles","36":"tag-queensland","37":"tag-raises-eyebrows","38":"tag-royal-bank-of-canada","39":"tag-singapore","40":"tag-south-australia","41":"tag-south-eastern-asia","42":"tag-sports","43":"tag-superb-right-to-left-curling","44":"tag-tournament-sponsor","45":"tag-united-states-of-america"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}