Golf World Reacts to Hannah Green’s Shoey Celebration

Winning a professional event calls for a celebration. What if it’s your first victory in your own country? A unique way of celebration is expected, right? That is what happened when Hannah Green won her first professional tournament in her home country.

Hannah is a 25-year-old Australian professional golfer. She earned her spot on LPGA Tour in 2018 and has won two titles, including a major; Green won the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Even though she has built a successful career in golf, Hannah had still not won a professional tournament in her country. However, with the win at the Vic Open with a 13-under par score, she won her first professional event in Australia. And she celebrated this accomplishment with a unique style of celebration.

Hannah Green celebrated her win with a ‘shoey’

‘Shoey’ is a term used to denote when somebody drinks from their own shoe. In a video posted by GOLFTV, Hannah is seen celebrating her win with a ‘shoey.’ 

The Australian golfer cleaned her shoe before pouring champagne into the shoe. She used the shoe she was wearing the entire time while playing golf. If you know golf, you know that it takes hours to finish a day. Therefore, she used the shoe that had hours of sweat to drink the champagne. If that is not a unique celebration, I don’t know what is.

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The funny thing was in the end when she refused to wear the shoe again. She said with a giggle, “I’m not wearing that,” to which someone from the crowd replied, “It’s better than drink in it.” 

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Interestingly, this was not the first time an Australian has ever done that. When F1 driver, Daniel Ricciardo, won his first win after three years, he celebrated it by drinking champagne from his shoe. Meanwhile, Australian UFC fighter Tai Tuivasa also celebrates his victories with a ‘shoey’ celebration.

Fans reaction to golfer’s ‘shoey’ celebration

All the fans were supportive of Hannah as they enjoyed watching the golfer doing a shoey. One of them wrote: “The only thing I can see wrong with this is @hannahgreengolf didn’t pour more into that shoe!”

Some fans remembered when Ricciardo did this on his win, as many of them mentioned him in their comments.

Do you enjoy celebrating your victories in a fun way like Green did? What is the craziest thing you have ever done to celebrate any occasion? Let us know!