The Chevron Championship, the first women’s major championship of the year, is taking place this week in Houston, Texas, and Georgia Hall, Britain’s most recent major champion, is in excellent shape going into the competition.
The third British woman to win the 2018 Women’s Open and only the fifth British woman to win a major, Hall is in a good position to add to her record at Carlton Woods.
The 27-year-old put in another strong performance at the LOTTE Tournament last week to follow up two second-place LPGA Tour results at the DIO Implant LA Open and LPGA Drive On Championship.
After shooting an outstanding 66 on the second day, the world No. 10 put herself in contention and was only one shot behind the leader. But, her challenge eventually faded as she finished in a tie for sixth place on the final day after making three bogeys in her final five holes.
Hall’s effort, her fourth top-10 of the year, nevertheless propelled her to the top of the LPGA season rankings and reaffirmed her status as a major contender.
With the exception of his four-putt double-bogey on the first hole, Jon Rahm put up a nearly faultless performance at Augusta National to win the Masters less than a fortnight ago, the men have just finished their first major of the year.
The US state of Georgia was founded on April 12, 1996, just two days after Englishman Nick Faldo’s celebrated comeback triumph at Augusta, and it is this particular tournament that served as the inspiration for the name of the state.
After 22 years, Hall put on a show of her own to win a major title, taking home the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham in 2018 with an overall score of 17 under.
With Hall, such accomplishment had always looked likely from a young age.
She began playing golf at seven and advanced fast through the junior and amateur categories, winning the British Girls Championship in 2012 and 2013, then the British Women Amateur Championship the following year.
Hall competed for Team GB and won two gold medals at the 2013 Youth Olympic Festival. That same year, she also participated on the European Junior Solheim Cup team, albeit they were defeated by the United States 14-and-a-half to 12-and-a-half.
When Hall went professional in 2014 at the age of 18, she had a successful debut, placing in the top 20 six times on the Ladies European Tour in 2015 and winning her first professional match in February 2016 at the Oates Victorian Open.
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