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Hannah Green makes history for Australia after storming to third tournament win in a row

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World number seven Hannah Green stormed to her third title in succession on Sunday, a rare feat no Australian woman golfer has achieved before.

[p]The major winner carded a 69 to finish 16-under at the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Australian WPGA Championship to win by four shots from Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/forsterling-alexandra/vZkoZwPF/"]Alexandra Forsterling[/a] and South African [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexander-casandra/EBOfZetN/"]Casandra Alexander[/a].[/p][p]It followed her victory at the Australian Open in Adelaide last week, which came on the heels of her seventh LPGA title at the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore.[/p][p]No Australian has ever won three tournaments in succession on international tours, not even the legendary [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/webb-karrie/Iizmh8hj/"]Karrie Webb[/a], who accumulated 56 career titles, including seven majors.[/p][p][b]"It feels really amazing. Again, hasn't really sunk in, but it's been a really crazy month,"[/b] said 29-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-hannah/K88pnhIm/"]Green[/a] at the Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club on the Gold Coast.[/p][p][b]"I guess it's been four weeks since I won Singapore. But it's been really special to be able to do this in Australia."[/b][/p][embed guid="7b651b31-b129-41c3-a3f9-5a167fd7fdbf" url="https://x.com/WPGATour/status/2035616715028189634" social-type="twitter" /][p]Green skipped two LPGA tournaments to be able to compete in her homeland.[/p][p]She began the day two strokes clear and briefly had a six-shot buffer before successive bogeys saw that advantage reduced to just two.[/p][p]But she held her nerve on the back nine and headed to the 18th with a three-stroke lead before ending with a birdie to complete a dominant win.[/p][p]Green will seek a fourth straight win at the LPGA Aramco Championship in Las Vegas from April 2nd.[/p]

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