AUSSIE TRIO TO WATCH

HANNAH GREEN (Western Australia) World ranking: 22 LPGA wins: 2, including Women’s PGA Championship.

This time last year Hannah Green pledged that winning her national Open was as important as winning a major. She finished T10 (having been third the year previously) but returns to Adelaide for the Women’s Australian Open as a major winner.

She claimed the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June, her first LPGA victory, and backed it up with her second win two months later in the Portland Classic.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to win my home Open,’’ said Green.

“That’s why I’m so happy to be coming back to Royal Adelaide. We’re lucky to play at such a great track with a really strong field and with the chance of winning a national title.

“Winning a major has changed my life a bit, but I’m very hungry to keep competing and winning and to get the best out of myself, and I don’t need any extra motivation at an event like a home Open.”

MINJEE LEE (Western Australia) World ranking: 9 LPGA wins: 5.

Minjee Lee is this country’s highest ranked player, which should come as no surprise to those following the LPGA results on a regular basis.

2019 was another superb year for the West Australian, recording an LPGA victory among nine top-10 finishes for the season. Since joining the LPGA in 2015, she has amassed an incredible five wins and 47 top-10 results.

As Australia’s leading female player for the past few years, the weight of expectation to win the Women’s Australian Open has been heavy burden to carry during that time.

“I’m not sure if you want to call it a burden but, obviously, there’s some expectation,” said Lee, who has finished T15, T3 and T5 in her last three Aussie Opens.

“I want to play well because it’s my country’s Open. But it’s probably more expectation on myself more than anything.”

SU OH (Victoria) World ranking: 55. LPGA wins: 0.

Su Oh is coming off her best year on the LPGA, having recorded four top-10 finishes in 2019. Two of those came in the last four events of the season, signaling a rise in confidence. Her T6 at the Tour Championship was a highlight and saw her string together her best four rounds of the year.

Having been brought up on the firm, fast playing surfaces of the Melbourne Sandbelt, she won’t be out of her comfort zone tackling the similarly set-up Royal Adelaide.