GREEN Hannah

General
TURNING PRO
She says 2016 was the right time for her to turn professional. "Talking to people around the system about when to turn professional was important. Just to have someone else's opinion and the opinion of people you trust and who you know want the best for you is obviously an important thing. I think it was pretty good timing because [Australian golfers] Minjee [Lee] and Su [Oh] turned professional and they were always my biggest competition when I was an amateur and I felt like I excelled because they were such good players. I felt like if I had not of turned professional this year that I wouldn't have had the same competition in amateur so the time worked out well for me." (golfwa.org.au, 01 Jan 2019; insidegolf.com.au, 14 Oct 2016)

CONFIDENCE FROM GOLF
She enjoys the social aspect of playing golf and says the sport allowed her to gain confidence at a young age. "The friendships were the best thing for me but I really liked the fact I could play with dad. You don't get that in other sports and I'd play with people that were 10-times my age. I think that has helped me to be confident speaking to older people now, which has been a big help. If I didn't play golf I don't think that I would be confident enough to talk to someone that is 40-50 years old and have a good conversation. It gives you people skills, whether it's just at your local club or like for me this year [speaking in 2019] when I've been away and speaking to new people." (golfwa.org.au, 01 Jan 2019)