Hannah Green says an LPGA major grand slam is harder but not beyond reach

After watching Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam at the Masters an Aussie major champion has put the feat on her agenda.

A career grand slam, just like Rory McIlroy, and Olympic team gold are now both on Hannah Green’s agenda as Australia’s top ranked golfer restarts her year in LA, home of the 2028 Games.

Green, already a major champion, is also the two-time defending championship at this weeks JM Eagle Championship being played at Wilshire Country Club.

The world no.5 hits the event off a two-week break which included a trip home to Perth, a must-do for Green who lists homesickness as one of her great challenges.

Hannah Green won the 2019 KPMG PGA Championship at Hazeltine. Stacy Revere/Getty Images/AFP

But her trip back to LA included watching McIlroy complete his grand slam at the Masters and Green, who won the 2019 PGA, said while the grand slam would be harder for anyone on the LPGA tour, given there are five majors, it should be a goal.

“We want to win LPGA tournaments but people want to win majors,” she said.

“I think it’s so much easier to say than it’s easier to be done. Also because we are fortunate enough to have five, it makes it even harder.

“But yeah, it’s something that we all try and achieve, and hopefully I can perform a little bit better in the majors this year.

“My last few years I haven’t performed quite as I would have liked. But hopefully I can start that off with a good week here.”

Green’s great mate, Minjee Lee, has two-majors under her belt and is closer to a possible career grand slam, and could add a third at next week’s Chevron Championship.

Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women's Open (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Both Green and Lee are also multiple-Olympians and confirmation a mixed team event would be introduced for the 2028 Games was a welcome one, and the “tight knit” Australian crew could have an advantage in the quest for gold.

“Yeah, I’m all for it,” Green said.

“I haven’t played a lot of mixed golf. I used to as a junior just at my home club. But I’ve played a lot of match play type of things, so I think I’ve been competitive enough.

“But all of us Aussies are really tight knit, so I think it’ll actually be so much fun. And obviously being here in LA at Riviera will be an amazing venue to showcase that, and obviously being close with Min Woo (Lee) and Minjee, hopefully they can make the team and be a duo together.”

Hannah Green at the Paris Olympics. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

“But I think not only are you playing for your country but to also play for fellow countrymen, I think that will be really and hopefully will be a real big success.”

Green said she would love to play with Adam Scott at the Olympics, but noted he wasn’t a fan of golf at the Games.

“I have been fortunate to play with Scotty, but I don’t believe he thinks the Olympics should be for professional athletes, so that would be a shame if he would qualify to not be able to play with him,” she said

“But Jason (Day) would be awesome to play with. Obviously he won the team event with Lydia (Lo), so he’s familiar with the format. Any of those guys I’d love to play with.”

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