golf

LPGA rookie, who almost quit golf to pursue ministry, leads in Mexico

Yahoo Sports

An early ace from Melanie Green set the stage for an early 66.

Melanie Green's tee shot on the 15th at El Camaleón Golf Course was a stunner, and she grabbed the putter from her caddie and walked up to the green. Only when she got there, Green couldn't find her ball. "I'm like, 'Shane, take the putter.

This is embarrassing. I'm going to have chip,' " said Green. As Green fixed her divot, her caddie Shane Meehan walked up to the hole and found her ball.

"I'm like, 'Shane, that's not nice. It's not in the hole. That's not nice,' " recalled Green.

"I walk up there and all I could see was the cross. I was so excited. Yeah, thought I just went way left.