Georgia Hall
Name:
Georgia Kelly HallCountry:
EnglandBorn:
April 12, 1996 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.Original/Home Club:
Remedy Oak GCOccupation:
Professional golfer.Turned Pro:
2014MAJORS (1): Women's British Open (2018). Curtis Cup player (2014). Solheim Cup player (2017, '19, '21). Girls' British Open Amateur Champion (2012). British Ladies Amateur champion (2013). Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner (2017, '18). Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (2019).
Hall enjoyed a highly successful amateur career, which included a unique record of wins in the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship (2012), British Ladies Amateur Championship (2013), and a Smyth Salva (shared with Lydia Ko) as the lowest scoring amateur at the Women's British Open at St Andrews in 2013. Hall also competed in the Junior Curtis Cup in 2013 and full Curtis Cup in 2014.
Within three years of turning professional, Hall played her way onto the 2017 Solheim Cup team where she was narrowly beaten in the singles by the experienced Paula Creamer. Although still without a win on the Ladies European Tour, at the end of the 2017 season Hall was the clear leader in Top 10 finishes. This translated into almost three times the earnings of any other player, and with that came the 2017 LET Order of Merit ... by a considerable margin.
Hall's lack of LPGA Tour or Ladies European Tour success was resoundingly remedied in 2018 when she scooped the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Anne's. As the only player to shoot four sub-70 rounds, Hall's win also gave her a much coveted major championship title.
Europe
Aramco / PIF
Played as the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund (March 17-20). Second-placed Kristyna Napoleaova (Czech) and Johanna Gustavsson (Swe) finished 5 shots behind Georgia Hall (Eng), who recorded her second Ladies European Tour win. [Royal Greens G&CC, King Abdullah EC, Saudi Arabia].
America
Cambia Health
Played as the Cambia Portland Classic (Sept 17-20). Georgia Hall (Eng) beat Ashleigh Buhai (RSA) with a par on the second playoff hole (par-4 1st), to record her first LPGA Tour win on American soil. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
Majors
Ricoh
The Ricoh Women's British Open (42nd) (Aug 2-5). Second-placed Pornanong Phatlum (Thai) finished 2 shots behind 22-year-old Hall (Eng), who claimed her first Ladies European Tour, LPGA Tour and major championship win. Hall was the only player to shoot four sub-70 rounds. [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
Awards
LET
22-year-old Hall (Eng) won the LET season-long points chase, to capture the Tour's 2018 Order of Merit and €20,000 bonus. This was her second straight LET Order of Merit title. Hall accumulated 667.73 points (earning €512,101 in the process). Second was Anne Van Dam (Nld) 518.18 pts (€168,603); third was Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 453.35 pts (€124,013). For the first time since 2004, the LET Order of Merit was based on a points system versus the Tour's money list.
For the second straight year, Hall (Eng) won the LET Players' Player of the Year Award, based on the votes of her peers.
Awards
LET
Hall (Eng) won the LET 2017 Order of Merit, with earnings of €368,934 on the Tour. Carlota Ciganda (Esp) was second with €160,797; Azahara Munoz (Esp) was third with €111,749.
Hall (Eng) won the LET Players' Player of the Year Award, based on the votes of her peers.
Aus/NZ
Oates
Played as the Oates Victorian Open (Feb 4-7; ALPG Tr event). Second-placed Nanna Madsen (Den) and defending champion Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) finished 1 shot behind Hall (Eng). [Beach course, 13th Beach Links, Barwon Heads, Victoria; early rounds also on 13th Beach's Creek course].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (110th). Georgia Hall (Eng) beat Luna Sobron (Esp) by 1 hole in the 18-hole final. Hall recorded her first ever hole-in-one at the par-3 17th, putting her 1-up in the match; the players halved the final hole. Hall became the first player to hold both the British Girls' and British Ladies' Amateur titles. [Machynys Peninsula G&CC, Llanelli, South Wales].
Amateur
LGU
Played as the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship. Hall (Eng) beat Clara Beana (Esp) 6 and 5 in the final match. [Tenby GC, Pembrokeshire, Wales].
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