Cassie Porter (born 14 September 2002) is an Australian

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

WPGA Tour of Australasia The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of th ...

and the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...

. She won the 2024

FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship The FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2014. It is held at Battle Creek Golf Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, designed by Scotti ...

Early life and amateur career

Porter was born in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

in New South Wales and grew up in the

Sunshine Coast, Queensland The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urbanisation, peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. In 1967, it was defined as "the area contained in the

ormer Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from Rumsen ''aulón'') is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six genera but now contains only one genus, ''Haliotis''. Other commo ...

Shires of Shire of Landsborough, Landsborough, Shire of Maroochy, Maroochy and Shire ...

. She had a successful amateur career and won the Northern Territory Women's Amateur twice. In 2020, she was runner-up at the

Australian Master of the Amateurs The Australian Master of the Amateurs is an amateur golf tournament. It is a four-day 72-hole stroke play event held in early January. The men's event started in 1997 with the women's event added in 2018. The event was originally called the Master ...

following a playoff, and in 2021 she won the Keperra Bowl and finished 10th at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific. She represented Australia internationally at the

Junior Golf World Cup The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup () is a junior golf championship held each summer in Japan for national teams of golfers 18 and under from around the globe. Qualifying events are held on six continents to determine the 12 boys’ teams and nine g ...

in Japan and

the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship is a biennial amateur golf tournament which takes place in alternating years with the World Amateur Team Championships. The competition consists 20 countries represented by teams of four (two men a ...

in Texas.

Professional career

Porter turned professional in 2021 and joined the

in 2022. In her rookie season, she finished second lowest female at the

TPS Hunter Valley The Players Series, titled as the Webex Players Series for sponsorship reasons, is a series of professional golf tournaments played in Australia with men and women competing in the same field, although they play from different tees. The series beg ...

and

TPS Sydney The Players Series, titled as the Webex Players Series for sponsorship reasons, is a series of professional golf tournaments played in Australia with men and women competing in the same field, although they play from different tees. The series beg ...

, and tied for 4th at the

Women's NSW Open The Women's NSW Open (Women's New South Wales Open) is a women's professional golf tournament held in New South Wales, Australia. It was first played on the ALPG Tour in 2006. Beginning in 2018, the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Ladies Europe ...

, a

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...

co-sanctioned event. She secured her maiden professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International in 2023, beating her friend Kelsey Bennett on the fourth hole of a playoff, with

Momoka Kobori Momoka Kobori (born 21 March 1999) is a New Zealand professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She has two WPGA Tour of Australasia titles, including the 2023 Women's NSW Open, and two LET Access Series titles in Europe. Early life a ...

and Karis Davidson a stroke behind in tied third. Porter joined the

Epson Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

in 2023, where her best finish in her rookie season was a tie for 4th at the Champions Fore Change Invitational. In 2024, she finished 3rd at the

Florida's Natural Charity Classic The Central Florida Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From ...

before winning her maiden Epson Tour victory at the

in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Amateur wins

*2016 The Invincibles IGA Sunshine Junior Masters Championship *2017 Katherine Kirk Classic, The Invincibles IGA Sunshine Junior Masters Championship *2018 Northern Territory Women's Amateur *2019 Northern Territory Women's Amateur,

(individual), Jack Newton International Junior Classic, Greg Norman Junior Masters, Victorian Junior Open *2021 Keperra Bowl Source:

Professional wins (2)

Epson Tour (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *Australian Girl's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2017, 2018, 2019 * Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2018, 2019 *

(representing Australia): 2019 * Spirit International (representing Australia): 2019

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Cassie Australian female golfers ALPG Tour golfers Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast Golfers from Sydney 2002 births Living people