Green has up and down round at Phoenix

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 28 March 2026 at 7:16 pm

It was a bit of an up and down day for Medina’s Melanie Green during today’s third round of the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship Tournament at Phoenix.

Green posted a 1 over par round of 73 today to drop one stroke in the tournament standings slipping from 8 under to 7 under.

On the day she had four bogeys and three birdies.

A birdie on No. 12 put her back to 8 under but then back-to-back bogies on 13 and 14 dropped her to 6 under.

Regrouping, she registered a clutch birdie on 17 to go back to 7 under, a score which she will take into Sunday’s final round.

Green opened the tourney with a 3 under par round of 69 and followed that up with a strong 5 under par round of 67 on Friday to go to 8 under.