Georgia Kelly Hall MBE (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour,[1] and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship.

Georgia Hall
MBE
Personal information
Full nameGeorgia Kelly Hall
Born (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)
Bournemouth, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour2
ALPG Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT12: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT21: 2021, 2022
U.S. Women's OpenT34: 2018, 2022
Women's British OpenWon: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2021
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit
2017, 2018
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2017, 2018

Amateur career

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Hall began her golfing career at Canford Magna Golf Club. She won two gold medals at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship.[citation needed]

Professional career

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Turning professional in July 2014, Hall had an early success, winning the Open Generali de Strasbourg on the LET Access Series. In early 2016, she won the Oates Victorian Open on the ALPG Tour.

In 2017, Hall won the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit after recording seven top 10 finishes during the season, including a tie for third place at the Women's British Open and a tie for tenth place at the Evian Championship.[2]

Hall earned her 2018 LPGA Tour card through qualifying school.[3] In August 2018, she won her first major championship at the 2018 Women's British Open, finishing two strokes ahead of Pornanong Phatlum.[4] She ended the season by winning the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit for the second time, becoming the youngest player to defend the title.[5]

In 2020, while the main tours were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hall won two tournaments on the Rose Ladies Series and finished second in the overall standings behind Charley Hull.[6] The LPGA Tour returned at the end of July, and in September she won for the second time on the tour, and the first time in the United States, at the Cambia Portland Classic, where she defeated Ashleigh Buhai in a sudden-death playoff.[7]

Personal life

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Hall's father, Wayne, acted as caddie for her during the 2018 Women's British Open.[8] She was born two days before Nick Faldo pulled off one of the greatest sporting comebacks in history to win his third Masters title at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Faldo's famous win in Georgia inspired her name.[8]

Hall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to golf.[9]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (8)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory
Runner-up
1 5 Aug 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open −17 (67-68-69-67=271) 2 strokes   Pornanong Phatlum
2 20 Sep 2020 Cambia Portland Classic −12 (70-66-68=204) Playoff   Ashleigh Buhai

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 Cambia Portland Classic   Ashleigh Buhai Won with par on second extra hole
2 2023 LPGA Drive On Championship   Céline Boutier Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory
Runner-up
1 5 Aug 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open −17 (67-68-69-67=271) 2 strokes   Pornanong Phatlum
2 20 Mar 2022 Aramco Saudi Ladies International −11 (69-69-68-71=277) 5 strokes   Johanna Gustavsson
  Kristýna Napoleaová

LET Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 Saudi Ladies International   Emily Kristine Pedersen Lost to a birdie the first extra hole

ALPG Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runners-up
1 7 Feb 2016 Oates Victorian Open 69-70-71-71=281 −11 1 stroke   Nanna Madsen,   Marianne Skarpnord

LET Access Series (1)

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Other wins (2)

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Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2018 Ricoh Women's British Open 1 shot deficit −17 (67-68-69-67=271) 2 strokes   Pornanong Phatlum

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship CUT CUT T61 T37 T36 T13 T12 T23
U.S. Women's Open CUT T51 T34 CUT CUT CUT T34 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T46 T40 T26 T58 T21 T21 CUT T52
The Evian Championship T10 T16 T37 NT T6 T8 T36 T17
Women's British Open T42TLA T29 CUT CUT T3 1 T35 T45 T2 T22 T30 T22
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 7
Women's British Open 1 1 1 3 3 5 12 10
Totals 1 1 1 3 6 15 44 33
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2021 Women's PGA – 2023 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins (Majors) 2nd 3rd Top
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2018 19 15 1 (1) 2 0 3 1 837,678 21 70.91 29
2019 24 19 0 0 0 3 T4 403,490 52 71.09 40
2020 12 11 1 (0) 0 0 2 1 444,563 21 71.05 17
2021 20 18 0 1 0 3 T2 856,659 20 70.63 29
2022 19 19 0 0 2 4 3 1,045,967 24 70.36 22
2023 22 19 0 2 0 5 2 911,664 31 70.32 17
Totals^ 116 101 2 (1) 5 2 20 1 4,500,021 94

^ Official as of 2023[12][13][14]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2013 471 [15]
2014 315 [16]
2015 266 [17]
2016 108 [18]
2017 40 [19]
2018 8 [20]
2019 41 [21]
2020 38 [22]
2021 29 [23]
2022 25 [24]
2023 21 [25]

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career 21 10–9–2 2–2–1 4–4–1 4–3–0 11 52.4
2017 5 2–3–0 0–1–0 lost to P. Creamer 1 dn 2–0–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&1
won w/ A. Nordqvist 2&1
0–2–0 lost w/ C. Hull 2&1
lost w/ C. Matthew 4&2
2 40.0
2019 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 def. L. Thompson 2&1 2–0–0 won w/ C. Boutier 2&1
won w/ C. Boutier 3&2
1–0–0 won w/ C. Boutier 2 up 4 100.0
2021 4 1–2–1 0–1–0 lost to N. Korda 1 dn 0–1–1 halved w/ C. Boutier
lost w/ M. Sagström 1 dn
1–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 1 up 1.5 37.5
2023 4 1–2–1 0–0–1 halved w/ A. Lee 0–2–0 lost w/ C. Boutier 1 dn
lost w/ C. Boutier 5&3
1–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 1 up 1.5 37.5
2024 4 2–2–0 1–0–0 def. Al. Lee 4&3 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Stark 4&3 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Maguire 6&4
won w/ C. Hull 2 up
2 50.0

References

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  1. ^ "Georgia Hall". Ladies European Tour. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Georgia Hall Wins LET Order Of Merit". Women and Golf. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Who Earned Their LPGA Tour Card for 2018?". LPGA. 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Women's British Open: Georgia Hall wins first major title". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Georgia Hall wins LET Order of Merit". Golf Today. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. ^ Perry, Alex (8 August 2020). "Hull wins Rose Ladies Series after Grand Final cancelled due to wildfire". National Club Golfer.
  7. ^ Jackson, Keith (21 September 2020). "LPGA Tour: Georgia Hall wins Portland Classic after play-off". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Women's British Open goes to a Brit: Georgia Hall wins first major title". Boston Globe. Associated Press. 5 August 2018.
  9. ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B18.
  10. ^ Heath, Elliott (23 July 2020). "Georgia Hall Wins First Justin Rose Ladies Series Title". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ Jackson, Keith (30 July 2020). "Rose Ladies Series: Georgia Hall crushes field at The Shire for back-to-back wins". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Georgia Hall stats". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Georgia Hall results". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  25. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  26. ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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