Six years after her main breakthrough world No.5 Hannah Inexperienced is attempting to keep away from placing stress on herself about profitable a second having ridden the rollercoaster, from afar, as Rory McIlroy bought a monkey off his again by profitable the Masters.
Inexperienced is certainly one of seven Australians in pursuit of their share of the $12m prizemoney on the first ladies’s main of 2025, The Chevron Championship in Houston, Texas, and carries a big weight of expectation.
A 3-time LPGA tour winner in 2024 and the reigning Greg Norman medallist, Inexperienced, now 28, hasn’t added to the PGA title she gained in 2019, aged 22, and conceded she hasn’t been capable of get in performed within the majors a lot since then.
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However as a two-time Olympian, and one of the constant week-to-week performers, Inexperienced is eager to search out her finest stuff when it issues most.
“It’s most likely the final three or 4 years I haven’t actually been ready to try this,“ Inexperienced stated from the US on Tuesday.
“So once I take a look at it, simply not utterly by stats, I really feel like I by no means get off to begin within the event (on the majors) so I’m hoping that spherical one, if I’m not having my finest efficiency, I can sort of nonetheless hold myself into not less than the weekend.
“However I do know typically I really feel like I put an excessive amount of stress on myself.
“Clearly, I’m coming into this main with most likely the most effective rankings I’ve ever had, and doubtless extra expectation from different individuals in addition to myself.
“So I simply need to make it possible for I’m not placing an excessive amount of stress on myself.”
However whereas Inexperienced doesn’t need to put stress on herself, she additionally stated “nerves are good”, and having watched McIlroy recuperate from a surprising remaining gap in regulation to win in a playoff at Augusta took a stable lesson for her personal sport.
“It nearly regarded like he pulled off the more durable pictures and the simpler pictures he had he didn’t,” she stated.
“It goes to point out what number of tournaments you’ve gained in your profession you will get nervous.
“Hopefully I can expertise these nerves in the future, and hit good pictures.”
Inexperienced enters The Chevron coming off a top-10 end on the LA Championship final weekend, an occasion she has gained for the previous two years and desires to take that momentum to Texas and the Carlton Woods Nation Membership.
She has missed the lower at The Chevron for the previous two years and is aware of what’s wanted to not endure the identical destiny this week.
“I’m hoping I can get off to a greater begin, sort of wipe the slate, the dangerous reminiscences that I maybe have at this championship,” Inexperienced stated.
“A brand new venue right here in Houston and begin contemporary and have championship.”
Inexperienced is joined in Houston by two-time main winner Minjee Lee, Steph Kyriacou, Gabriela Ruffels, Grace Kim, Hira Naveed and rising Sydney star Cassie Porter, on her main champion debut.
The Chevron Championship
The Membership at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas
2024 champion: Nelly Korda
Previous Aussie winners: Karrie Webb (2000, 2006)
Prize cash: $12m
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