Silent Ace: Rookie Melanie Green Didn’t Even Know She Dunked It

The LPGA Tour is in Mexico this week for the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba—certainly not a bad place to be right after a major championship. The Fairmont resort is a luxurious, oceanfront getaway less than an hour from Cancun and is playing host to the world's best including World No. 1 Nelly Korda who is making her first trip down to the event.

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And Korda isn't the only first-timer getting a taste of El Camaleon Golf Course. Melanie Green, a 2026 LPGA rookie, is also making her first appearance here in Mexico but is walking away with something extra special that can't be bought from a souvenir shop.

The par 3, 15th hole at El Camaleon is the only ocean-side hole on the course and Green made it the back drop to her first career ace! She hit her 7-iron 163 yards, that took a couple of bounces and rolled into the hole.

It was just Green, her caddie and her playing partners who were there to witness it and they all had a delayed reaction to it. "[I] tried to hit a 160 [yard] shot but the winds blowing a little left," Green said during an in-round interview. "He [her caddie] gave me my putter and I'm walking up here and I don't see my ball. And I say 'well you can take this, this is embarrassing', I didn't even hit the green!"

But she was mistaken because the ball was nuzzled safely into the hole.

With the spectacular shot, Green is sitting with the clubhouse lead of 6-under par.

How to Watch

Thursday, April 30: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Golf Channel Live); 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Golf Channel Digital)

Friday, May 1: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Golf Channel Live); 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Golf Channel Digital)

Saturday, May 2: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel Digital); 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel Live)

Sunday, May 3: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (Golf Channel Digital); 1:00-3:00 p.m. (CBS Live / Paramount+)

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