Green finishes her opening round at Riviera Maya Open at 6 under and with tourney lead
Golf Channel Photo – Melanie Green
Sparked by a sizzling first 9 holes, Medina’s Melanie Green finished her opening round of the LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, Mexico today with a 6 under par 66 and in first place when she came off the course.
Starting on the back nine, the red hot start saw her register birdies on 11, 13, 14, 17 and 18 as well as scoring a dramatic hole-in-one on 15 which was shown live on the Golf Channel.
That flurry of birdies offset a lone bogey on 12 and was good for a 6 under par 30 at the turn.
She maintained that 6 under score on the front nine as a birdie on 8 offset a bogey on 9.
When she finished her round, Green led the tourney by one shot with a large portion of the field still on the course.
The tournament will continue on Friday after which the field will be cut setting the stage for the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
