CHASKA: Hannah Green became the third Australian woman to win a major with a one-stroke victory over South Korean Park Sung-hyun at the Women’s PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota on Sunday. After a poor six-iron approach into a bunker at the final hole, Green made a clutch up-and-down par, sinking a four-foot putt for the win at Hazeltine National. She carded an even-par 72 to complete a wire-to-wire triumph, only the second player this century to lead alone after every round. Green finished at nine-under 279, while last year’s champion Park (68) birdied the final hole for second place on 280. “I was really nervous playing the last five holes,” Green said, her voice cracking with emotion. “To be winning a major as my first event, I’m just over the moon.” The 22-year-old from Perth, Western Australia, came into the championship ranked 114th in the world but now belongs in the same major club as compatriots Karrie Webb (seven) and Jan Stephenson (three). Webb was the last Australian to claim a major at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship, since rebranded the ANA Inspiration. Green is a former recipient of the Karrie Webb Scholarship, and seven-times major winner Webb was among a half-dozen Australian friends who mobbed the champion on the 18th green. Earlier, Green built a handy lead before all but frittering it away with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch around the turn as nerves appeared to take hold. Her lead was trimmed to one stroke over American Nelly Korda, but Green lifted under pressure. Korda (71) and England’s Mel Reid (66) tied for third, three shots back.