“It’s Far Too Hard a Job” Hannah Green Gets Candid on Being LPGA Commissioner for a Day
April 19, 2026, Tarzana, California, USA: Hannah Green poses with the Championship trophy after winning the Final Round of the 2026 JM Eagle Championship Los Angeles on Sunday April 19, 2026 at the Caballero Country Club in Tarzana, California. ARIANA RUIZ/PI Tarzana USA - ZUMAp124 20260419_zaa_p124_043 Copyright: xArianaxRuizx
April 19, 2026, Tarzana, California, USA: Hannah Green poses with the Championship trophy after winning the Final Round of the 2026 JM Eagle Championship Los Angeles on Sunday April 19, 2026 at the Caballero Country Club in Tarzana, California. ARIANA RUIZ/PI Tarzana USA - ZUMAp124 20260419_zaa_p124_043 Copyright: xArianaxRuizx
Three LPGA titles in Los Angeles, and Hannah Green still thinks the hardest job in women's golf has nothing to do with hitting a golf ball.
Days after her playoff victory at El Caballero Country Club on April 20, Golf Channel put a hypothetical to Green: if she were LPGA Commissioner for a day, what would she change? She already had an answer.
"Have the Australian Open back as an LPGA tour event. That would probably be my number one thing," Green said. "But I will never be commissioner because I think it's far too hard a job. So, good job for Craig for everything that he's doing."
The focus shifted to Commissioner Craig Kessler following a major announcement. A day before Green’s win, JM Eagle CEO Walter Wang called Kessler just before he went into the broadcast booth. He announced the prize money increase by $1 million immediately.
The total prize fund rose to $4.75 million. This became the biggest prize purse on tour outside the majors and the CME Group Tour Championship. Green earned $712,500 for the win.
For Green, the Australian Open is very personal. She has already won both the Australian Open and the Australian WPGA on home soil, so the event means a lot to her beyond just location.
If it returns to the LPGA schedule, it would matter a lot. Not only for her, but also for other international players who often have to choose between playing at home or staying on tour.
Green's Final Round Comeback at El Caballero
What Hannah Green will gladly do is birdie her way back into tournaments she had already written off. Six shots back through 11 holes on Sunday.
"I honestly didn't think I was in the tournament still," Green said. "I was just like, oh, well, just go for as many pins as possible, and got on a nice stretch there."
She made five birdies in six holes on the back nine and finished with a 68.
On the 18th hole, she sank a 12-foot birdie putt to beat Jin Hee Im and Sei Young Kim in a three-way playoff. Kim had led by eight shots just one day earlier. This was Green’s eighth LPGA title. Three of her wins have now come in Los Angeles.
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Written by
Sneha Abraham
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Pulkit Prabhav