Whitney Hillier (born 1 December 1990) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on both the

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and

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. In 2022, she won the

Aramco Team Series – Bangkok The Aramco Team Series is a professional women's golf competition that is part of the Ladies European Tour (LET), first played in 2020. The inaugural tournament was played as the Saudi Ladies Team International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Cl ...

team event and was runner-up at the

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in France.

Early life and amateur career

Hillier was born in

Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

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and plays at Lincoln Golf Club, Torksey. She had a successful amateur career and won the 2008

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and the 2012

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. She was a 2012 member of

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's National Squad, and finished 3rd at the

2012 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 27–30 September at the Gloria Golf Club, on its New Course and Old Course in Antalya, Turkey. It was the 25th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament ...

Amateur Team Championships together with Brianna Elliott and Minjee Lee.

Professional career

Hillier turned professional in 2012 and joined the

in 2013. In her rookie season, she played in 15 tournaments and recorded a best finish of 3rd at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open. She ended the season ranked 55th on the Order of Merit to secured her card for the 2014 season. In 2014 her best finish was tied 8th at the

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and in 2016 tied 10th at the

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. In 2017, she finished 3rd at the

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, two strokes behind winner

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, and in 2018 she was 4th at the

Hero Women's Indian Open The Hero Women's Indian Open (named after sponsor Hero) is a golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. It is played at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pro ...

. In 2021, she was T5 at the Saudi Ladies International and finished 45th in the Race to Costa del Sol. In 2022, Hillier won the

team event, captaining a team with Chonlada Chayanun and

Krista Bakker Krista Bakker (born 24 December 1993) is a Finnish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET). In the Aramco Team Series, she won the 2021 Jeddah team event with Emily Kristine Pedersen and Hannah Burke, and became the firs ...

. The following week, she lost a playoff to

Tiia Koivisto Tiia Koivisto (born 6 February 1994) is a Finnish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Jabra Ladies Open. In 2020, she topped the LETAS Order of Merit after winning the Czech Ladies Challenge. Caree ...

at the

held at the

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in France, after shooting her fifth career hole-in-one in the second round.

Amateur wins

*2008 San Diego Junior Masters,

*2009 St Rule Trophy *2012 Malaysian Ladies Amateur, Lake Macquarie Amateur,

Professional wins (1)

ALPG Tour wins (1)

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Aveo Brisbane Invitational

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Australia):

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(representing Australia): 2012 Professional * The Queens (representing Australia): 2015, 2016, 2017

References

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