FOLLOWING a three-win season on the LPGA Tour and in a year in which she reached a career high world ranking, Western Australian Hannah Green has been awarded her second Greg Norman Medal.  

At the PGA Awards Gala Dinner on Tuesday night more than 350 guests attended the glittering awards ceremony at Brisbane City Hall at an event which serves as a precursor to the BMW Australian PGA Championship, with Green’s Greg Norman Medal win among a total of 10 awards presented throughout the evening.

The West Australian climbed to number five in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking during 2024 on the back of a win at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Thailand in March, a successful defence of her JM Eagle LA Championship title in April and a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in Korea.

It was the 27-year-old’s greatest single-season yield in her career to date.

Green also won the Greg Norman Medal in 2019 when she had two wins – including the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – and was honoured to once again receive Australian golf’s highest accolade.

“It has undoubtedly been one of the best years of my career and to cap it with a second Greg Norman Medal makes it all the more special,” said Green, who was in Florida for the season-ending LPGA event and unable to attend the PGA Awards.

“I would like to thank everyone in my team, my husband Jarryd, my family and friends for their support this year.”

On hand to accept the Greg Norman Medal on Green’s behalf was her coach, Ritchie Smith, who was named PGA National Coach of the Year – High Performance, for a fourth time.

It is a fourth national win for Smith, who also received the High Performance gong in 2014, 2019 and 2021 and in 2024 had three players – Green, Minjee Lee and Min Woo Lee – represent Australia at the Paris Olympics.

The PGA Awards were announced as Inside Golf was going to press. A full list of the award winners will be published in the January issue.