Hannah Green has defied the exhaustion of a whirlwind month and some final-round tension to win a third straight title and rewrite Australian golfing history.

The world No.7 overcame some erratic play to complete a dominant four-stroke victory to sit alone at 16 under on Sunday at the Australian WPGA Championship on the Gold Coast.

Green (65, 67, 67, 69) was forced to scramble when, just as a runaway triumph beckoned, she was wayward off the tee to give the field hope.

But her main challenger, Germany's Alexandra Forsterling (12 under), could only claw to within two strokes of the leader before the 29-year-old steadied to complete a popular victory.

South African Casandra Alexander dropped three shots on the first two holes playing in the last group with Green, but recovered to tie for second with Forsterling.

Green's Sanctuary Cove salute followed an Australian Open breakthrough and victory at Singapore's Women's World Championship - her seventh LPGA title - in her previous two starts.

In doing so she became the first Australian golfer to complete a hat-trick of titles in major-tour, global events.

Robert Allenby's 2005 Triple Crown - he won the Australian Open, Australian PGA Championship and Australian Masters in successive weeks - will go down in folklore.

But all three events were run solely by the PGA Tour of Australasia.

"It feels really amazing, it hasn't really sunk in and (it's) been a crazy month, four weeks since I won Singapore," Green said.

"But very special to do that in Australia. I didn't know how I was going to perform.

"When I have won ... I've usually flown under the radar and it's hard to back up a win, especially the Aussie Open. It's such a big week."

Green began the day two strokes clear and briefly had a six-shot buffer after just four holes, before successive bogeys saw that advantage reduced to just two.

A birdie at the ninth - and a Forsterling dropped shot soon after - provided welcome breathing room, before the German's birdie on the last made it a three-shot buffer with two Green holes remaining.

But she held her nerve at the par-5 18th that had caused some grief in earlier rounds, two-putting for birdie and celebrating again.

"I three-putted 12 and I was like, 'OK, I don't know where I stand," Green said.

"I knew someone behind could come.

"Holing that putt was nice."

The $600,000 event, co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour, was being contested for just the second time and first since 2022 after the threat of a cyclone forced its cancellation last year. It will return to the Sanctuary Cove layout next year.

Green skipped two LPGA events to remain in the country, but will fly to the US on Monday seeking a fourth straight win at the $US4 million Aramco Championship in Las Vegas from April 2.

After that is the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles, an event Green won in 2023 and 2024.