KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

June 24, 2026

Hannah Green

Hazeltine National Golf Club

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: 2019 KPMG Women's PGA champion Hannah Green joins. Hannah, welcome back to Hazeltine. How has the week been so far and what kind of memories do you have being back here?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, it's been great so far. This is actually my first time being back since 2019, which is a little sad. I wish I had come up here and used my membership a little bit more.

But the course is in great condition. It definitely feels like a major championship test when we come back here. We had a little bit of rain yesterday. I was fortunate to kind of miss that in the morning.

But the course is looking good and I feel like my game is in good shape, so hopefully I can play well again and defend this golf course.

THE MODERATOR: Perfect. Questions for Hannah.

Q. When you walk around here, and I know the practice rounds, but is there one hole, one shot, one moment that you stand at that shot and say, I remember exactly what I did here?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, I think it's probably on the 18th hole. Like hitting it into that front left trap and hitting my bunker shot to four or five feet. I think that's probably the most memorable shot.

But then I made a putt on five on Saturday. Holed out on the seventh hole on the first round. So there is definitely shots that I remember. I also remember some of the bad shots as well, which is sometimes not a great thing.

But, yeah, it's nice to kind of relive those moments in the practice round. I do hit a lot further than I used to do back then. I spoke to someone and they just said pretty much hit it in every divot that you hit last time, and I said, I hope that I can hit it a little bit further than I used to back in 2019.

But I putted really, really well that week, and I think that's kind of the key here at Hazeltine. Yes, you want to hit fairways and greens, but I think they're quite tricky to read. So making sure you leave yourself as many uphill putts as possible will probably be a big difference versus a downhill putt, so hopefully I can do that this week.

Q. So Hannah, looks like not only the women's PGA Championship is going to great golf courses, but it's repeating on those great golf courses, no?

HANNAH GREEN: Yes.

Q. What does it mean for the women's game?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, it's great. I think it's nice to come back to venues where we have played before but also play new ones. Obviously we're playing Congressional, all these really amazing golf courses, obviously here in Hazeltine.

And it's nice to come back for those who have won at these events. Maybe it's a little bit more added pressure, but it's also nice to relive the really good moments out on the golf course.

Yeah, I'm just going to try and not put too much pressure on myself and kind of suck it up while I'm out there tomorrow morning.

Q. About your game, we can look back to '19 and where you are now. What things have matured the most about your game?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, it was funny. I was playing in the pro-am yesterday afternoon and I kind of said, I think if I was in the same position again even now with my experience, I would probably be more nervous because I want to win even more than I did back then.

I felt like because I was ranked outside the 100th, I didn't imagine myself being in contention in a major that early in my career, so it was very new to me and I probably didn't have any history of performing badly under pressure.

So I think now that I'm older I feel like I'd probably feel more nerves and anxiousness if I was in that position, which is good thing because you want to have nerves. That's completely normal and human of people to feel that way in those conditions.

But, yes, I've definitely matured. Doesn't mean I hit better shots than I did back then, but, yeah, just really look forward to getting back out there. It's been nice to see some familiar faces since 2019 and hopefully we get some good spectators and some good weather for them to come out.

Q. I wonder, are you paying attention to the World Cup? I know Australians and golf are always present, but not so present in football.

HANNAH GREEN: Yes.

Q. What do you think is going to happen?

HANNAH GREEN: Yes, I had a couple people come up and say like, what happened last week. I was out playing at the Meijer Classic last week on Friday afternoon when Australia played America, and obviously heard the result. I was playing with grace Kim and her caddie is American and he kind of did a little fist pump, which is quite funny.

Yes, I think the game is probably on when I am teeing off again this week. I must admit I'm not a massive football fan. I'll get into the World Cup if it's on. Yeah, obviously Australians are very passionate about their sport in general, so good Socceroos.

Q. Hannah, where on this golf course are you most comfortable because of '19? You mentioned the great shots. Is there parts of the course where you were like you just feel like you're going back home or something?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, I think I tend to play well at venues where I've had success. I guess you can see that in Wilshire and Sentosa where I've won. So I think that has an advantage for me this week, because matter how I'm perhaps performing, I can kind of use the positive memories in a good way. I think I'll probably need to use that this week being a major.

You're going to hit poor shots out there. It's very easy to also hit good shots and have a poor result. So just making sure that I'm staying mentally patient is probably going to be the toughest test this week for me.

I'm not typically the most consist off the tee and hit a lot of fairways, so that's something I've been working on with my coach who is here with me this week to get ready. I do feel like I hit it further than did I in 2019, so that will be helpful.

We obviously did get a bunch of rain. It's probably going to make the course a little bit longer. But, yeah, it's just one of those weeks where you have to -- you want to be aggressive at the right times, but sometimes hitting the middle of the green is going to be the best bet for you.

So I'm glad I have moments or holes where I can remember those positive things and kind of draw on that.

Q. Where are the holes? Can you name the holes that you're like...

HANNAH GREEN: I think probably the first one would be 16. I birdied that on the last round to get I think at that point a two-shot advantage, and then S.H. Park birdied last forcing me to make par on 18.

So those two holes are definitely the ones that stand out for me the most, and I also think a couple of the tougher holes. It depends really what the wind is going to do for us, what direction it's going to come in from, but 18 is tough hole to make birdie and sometimes even par is going to be a really good score on 18.

Yeah, there is definitely pockets that I'll have some memories I can rely on and kind of think back when if there is time to think about them. Yeah, it will be nice to -- I've already kind of recreated the shot on 18 and recreated the putt on 16 that I had, so that was fun.

Q. I think you were 1-under the last three holes for the tournament.

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah.

Q. That's typically -- people say that's one of the killer stretches. What was it about that stretch that you liked?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, 16 I felt like was one the tougher fairways to hit on the golf course. We played from a different tee that they've got compared to this year, so you actually couldn't see whether your ball stayed on the fairway. I guess there is a hazard in front so there was a bit of fescue and also some weeds in front, so you're guessing whether you stayed on or ran into the rough.

I actually think I hit that fairway every day, which is probably rare because I didn't hit many fairways for the actual tournament. Once I hit the 8-iron onto the green, I honestly just wanted to two-putt. When I finally holed that putt, I felt like I had other opportunities where I'd missed. It felt very relieving at that point.

I hit a good onto 17 and hit a good two-putt, because that pin in the bowl, even though it's the easiest pin location, still having a downhill putt is quite hard to judge here at Hazeltine.

And so I knew I needed a par on 18. I managed to hit the fairway. For me, I was kind of tossing between my 3-hybrid and my 4-iron. I though, okay, I am a bit pumped up. I am obviously in the lead. I'll hit the 4-iron. I just pulled it into the bunker. That's when I was like, okay, I know I need to make up and down to win.

So I also holed a couple of bunker shots earlier in the week so I had some -- felt good playing out of the bunker. I even said to my caddie in the practice round today, I think I prefer to have been in the bunker than long into the rough because the rough is kind of unpredictable and probably not one of my strong points.

So, yeah, it's cool to say that I was under par the last few holes because I think they're the most iconic here at Hazeltine.

THE MODERATOR: Thanks for your time, Hannah.

HANNAH GREEN: Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone.