Green has a hole-in-one early on today’s first round of the LPGA Rivera Maya Open

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 30 April 2026 at 10:44 am

Contributed Photos via the Golf Channel  – Medina’s Melanie Green had a spectacular start this morning at the LPGA’s Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, Mexico (near Cancun) as she registered a hole-in-one on the 15th hole. The outstanding feat was shown live on the Golf Channel. She was interviewed on TV right after the hole-in-one and her scorecard with the ace is shown on the screen. Starting on the back nine, the hole-in-one put her 4 under and into the tournament lead.

Green celebrates after scoring the hole-in-one, which was the first on this her debut season on the LPGA Tour. She followed up with a birdie on 17 to go to 5 under and increase her tournament lead to 2 shots. Getting good TV coverage as the leader it was mentioned that she was from Medina, NY.