Just days after the Australian men’s contingent landed two top-10s at the Open Championship in Lucas Herbert and Adam Scott, the women are in Scotland preparing for their own final major of the year.

Hannah Green, who has won four times in 2026, will tee it up at the women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links, along with a huge Aussie contingent.

In-form Karis Davidson, Cassie Porter, Minjee Lee, Grace Kim, Robyn Choi, Kelsey Bennett, Kirsten Rudgeley and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard will fly the Australian flag.

It looms as significant preparation for next week’s Women’s Open Championship at Lytham St Annes, the final chance for any Australian, male or female, to land a major in 2026.

It’s the first exposure of the year for plenty to links golf, and Green fronted the media ahead of the opening round to give some insights into how things might unfold.


Q: Talk about being here this week, and your thoughts of the course ...

HANNAH GREEN: I've played nine this morning and I played nine yesterday afternoon. I haven't been here since 2022, so it's definitely playing a lot firmer.

Obviously, the entire Europe and UK has just had a lot of hot weather, so it's to be expected that it's a bit more dried out. Course is looking really nice. Greens are a good pace. I feel like a lot of us players struggle to play links golf because the greens are typically soft and I think they are actually running pretty well. That's always nice.

But it's going to be hard because the forecast is saying wind, and you never really know what's going to happen. You have to bring your rain gear and hope that it doesn't rain. I have a nice pairing the first two rounds. Don't know if there's going to be one side of the draw that's better than the other.

I think that's too hard to tell until Friday night, but nice to be back in Scotland.

Hannah Green at the 2025 AIG Women's Open. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)


Q. What are some key things to keep in mind playing links golf?

HANNAH GREEN: I think just that you're going to be expected to hit some high shots, as well as some low shots into the wind. I'm fortunate that my coach is here. Nice to have him on the range, as it's been a long time since I've played links golf.

This morning, there wasn't a breath of wind, but this afternoon there's some gusts. Hitting balls left-to-right on the range is never really that much fun for a right-handed golfer, so that he can see what I've been trying to do.

Q. Anything from Ryan Fox’s approach last week at The Open that he can pass along to you?

HANNAH GREEN: For the guys, it's been super - there's a couple drops where I don't know if it's been a different direction or not as strong, but feels like I have the option to not always hit driver here, which is nice.

I do feel like I hit it further than I did back in 2022, seeing holes whether it's worth hitting driver; that's the thing we've been working on. And with how firm these fairways are compared to what I experienced in 2022, and actually having to worry about run outs versus carries, I guess, in a sense.

Q. You mentioned not being here since 2022 ...

HANNAH GREEN: I have not had a good track record in the AIG the last three or four years, and I do think that comes down to not playing the week before and experiencing links golf as much. So yeah, it's something that I was conscious about this year, and it was nice.

The year before last we played at St Andrews and I wanted to get there earlier. It's just purely been a decision, because where we also are traveling to next week, it's also a little bit easier to get to.

I don't think a lot of people know, but mom is from Scotland; she's from a place about 45 minutes or an hour north of Aberdeen. I don't know if any family will come down, but I do have Scottish heritage. It is an important tournament to me this week. I've been fortunate to win my home Open in Australia this year and come off a really successful year. To be able to win The Scottish Open would be big. 


Q. How exciting was it to watch Ryan Fox win the Open?

HANNAH GREEN: When we were watching from when he made the good bogey on the par three, he putted well that particular day. Everyone is super-proud of him.

A shame that he didn't have his family with him. I don't think we've formally met, but it seems like everyone on tour is really happy for him. Seems like a really good guy.

Q. Is your husband (tour pro Jarryd Felton) travelling with you?

HANNAH GREEN: Yeah, he has been. He's actually down in London playing some golf with Stephanie Kyriacou. They are having a bit of fun. Since he's had a taste of caddie life, it's been hard to come on the other side of the ropes. The Australia season doesn't start until October, and he's trying to keep his game sharp.