Hannah Green Wins Australian WPGA for Third Straight Title

Hannah Green etched her name into Australian golf history on Sunday by winning the Australian WPGA Championship, becoming the first Australian woman to claim three consecutive international tournament titles. The world number seven from Western Australia finished at 16 under par at Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club on the Gold Coast, securing a four-shot victory in the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned event.

Green, 29, carded a two-under-par 69 in the final round to hold off a late charge from Germany's Alexandra Försterling. Starting the day with a two-stroke lead, Green opened with three birdies in her first four holes, quickly building a buffer over playing partners Casandra Alexander of South Africa and Switzerland's Vanessa Knecht. She briefly extended her advantage to six shots before bogeys on the fifth and sixth holes allowed Försterling to close the gap with a strong outward nine that included four birdies.

Försterling, a four-time LET winner, birdied several holes on the front nine to reach 13 under but faltered on the back side with bogeys on the 13th and 15th. Green responded with a birdie on the ninth and steadied her game, bogeying the 12th before reaching the...