Georgia Hall
Name:
Georgia Kelly HallCountry:
EnglandBorn:
April 12, 1996 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.Original/Home Club:
Remedy Oak GCOccupation:
Professional golfer.Turned Pro:
2014America
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].
Skarpnord (Nor) won the LET Players' Player of the Year Award, based on the votes of her peers.
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].
Tournaments:
2021 Opens: whether by accident or design, four of the top five mens’ Open Championships played in the British Isles occupy consecutive weeks in July: the Irish Open (1-4), Scottish Open (8-11), The Open (15-18) and Wales Open (22-25). The recently relaunched English Open is scheduled for early-August.
Hoag Classic: Ernie Els defends his title in this prestigious PGA Tour Champions event, played since 1991 at the Newport Beach Country Club, CA (Mar 5-7).
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Brooks Koepka: won his second Phoenix Open title, with a chip-in eagle at TPC Scottsdale’s short par-4 17th included in his final round.
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