Green captures Mountain View tourney title

Contributed Photo – Melanie Green holds the tournament championship trophy

Putting together a sizzling final round, Medina’s Melanie Green captured the Mountain View Collegiate Golf Tournament championship which concluded this afternoon at the Mountain View Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona.

Green, who is a senior at the University of South Florida, blistered the course with 8 birdies to key her final round of 66.

She finished the three-day tourney with a 205 total on rounds of 67-72-66 to score a three shot win for her third career victory.

Trailing by one shot heading into today’s final round, she set the tone for a big finish at the outset by birding two of the first three holes.

A bogey on the seventh hole dropped her to -1 for the day but she rebounded in dominating fashion.

Catching fire, she registered birdies on five of the next six holes (8,9, 10, 12 and 13) to go to 6 under for the day and 11 under for the tournament to open up a three shot lead.

Green tacked on another birdie on the 16th hole to go to 7 under for the day. She finished with the day’s best round of 6 under 66.

She also opened the tourney in strong fashion on Friday notching 7 birdies in route to posting a round of 5 under par 67 to take the early tournament lead.

On Saturday, Green posted an even par round of 72 to stay within one shot of the lead setting the stage for her red hot tournament title clinching final round.

Her efforts helped the University of South Florida win the tournament team championship by four strokes over Texas A&M (848-852).

Green will next compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament at Augusta, Georgia April 3-6. The final round will be played at Augusta National, the site of The Masters.