Hira Naveed

Hira Naveed (born 3 February 1998) is an Australian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2024 Ford Championship.^[1]

Hira Naveed
Personal information
Born	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 27) New Zealand
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Perth, Western Australia
Career
College	Pepperdine University
Turned professional	2019
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2024)
Former tour(s)	Epson Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	CUT: 2024, 2025
Women's PGA C'ship	CUT: 2024
U.S. Women's Open	DNP
Women's British Open	CUT: 2024
Evian Championship	CUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
Western Australia Junior Girls Golfer of the Year 2015 West Coast Conference Player of the Year 2019

Early life and amateur career

Naveed was born in New Zealand and grew up in Perth, Western Australia.^[2] In 2015, she won the Dunes Medal and the Victorian Junior Masters, and was named Western Australia Junior Girls Golfer of the Year.^[3]

Naveed played collegiate golf at Pepperdine University between 2015 and 2019 and was a four-time All-WCC first team pick. She was West Coast Conference Player of the Year and All-American as a senior after winning the West Coast Conference Championship. She was a member of the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup international team.^[3]

Professional career

Naveed turned professional in 2019 and won the Long Beach Open on the Cactus Tour in her professional debut. In 2020, she joined the Epson Tour, where she recorded eight top-10 finishes before finishing 15th at LPGA Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2024 season.^[4]

As an LPGA Tour rookie, Naveed was solo runner-up at the 2024 Ford Championship in Arizona, two strokes behind Nelly Korda, who won her third consecutive LPGA tournament.^[5][6] With the finish, she rose to 106th in the Women's World Golf Rankings.^[7]

Amateur wins

• 2015 Victorian Junior Masters, Dunes Medal
• 2018 Branch Law Firm-Dick McGuire Invitational, Stanford Intercollegiate
• 2019 West Coast Conference Championship

Source:^[8]

Professional wins (1)

Cactus Tour (1)

• 2019 Long Beach Women's Open

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2024	2025
Chevron Championship	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship	CUT
The Evian Championship	CUT
Women's British Open	CUT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

• Australian Girls' Interstate Teams Matches (representing Western Australia): 2013, 2014, 2015
• Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Western Australia): 2014, 2015
• Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2019 (winners)