Green earns the award following her second win of the season, at the Mountain View Collegiate
TAMPA, FLA., March 20, 2024 –University of South Florida senior Melanie Green, who posted her second individual win and led the Bulls to the team’s third win of the season at the Mountain View Collegiate, has been named the American Athletic Conference’s Women’s Golfer of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday.
Green, ranked No. 36th nationally, was named the AAC Golfer of the Week twice in February and swept the league’s Fall honors, as she was named the September and October AAC Women’s Golfer of the Month.
With the win at the Mountain View Collegiate, Green became the sixth player in program history with two or more wins in a season and the first since Natalia Villavicencio in 2018-19. Christina Miller in 2011-12 won three times, the program record.
At the Mountain View Collegiate, Green got off to a hot start, opening with a 67 (-5) in which she recorded seven birdies, offset by two bogies. She followed with an even-par 72, which left her in a tie for third place heading into the final round. A closing 66 (-6), with eight birdies, sealed the three-stroke victory. Green led the field with 17 birdies, tied for the lead in scoring on the par 5’s at -6, and was second in the field in par 4 scoring at -5.
Green has finished in the top 10 in seven of the eight tournaments during the 2023-24 season and in the top four in six events. She has shot par or better in 23 of 24 rounds this season.
With Green leading the way, South Florida has finished in the top four, with three wins, in seven of eight events in the 2023-24 season.
At the Westbrook Invitational, Green tied her career-best and program-record 54-hole score of 205 (-11) and was named AAC Golfer of the Week for the second time in as many tournaments. Her stellar play helped pace the Bulls to a new program record for low round, shooting a 271 (-17) and a low 54-hole total 836 (-28), while matching the program record for a 36-hole score (565). USF’s previous 54-hole record was 852 set last season.
The senior tallied her second collegiate win to open the Spring as she helped lead South Florida to its second team win of the season at the FAU Paradise Invitational in early February to earn AAC Golfer of the Week recognition.
Green has picked up this season where she left off after a record-breaking season in 2022-23 in which she was named a WGCA All-American Honorable Mention. A three-time AAC All-Conference Team member, Green owns multiple program records, including season scoring average (71.03), low round relative to par (-8), and career scoring average (72.13 entering the 2023-24 season).
Individually in October, she posted two top-five finishes. She finished third in the Dale McNamara Invitational and second in the Hurricane Invitational. In the two tournaments, she was a combined 18 under par.
In September, she posted two top-five finishes in USF’s first two tournaments of the season. Green finished tied for second in the Glass City Invitational and tied for fourth in the Badger Invitational.
Green and the Bulls return to the course April 7-9 in the Chattanooga Classic at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn.
About USF Women’s Golf
The 2023-24 campaign will be the Bulls’ sixth full season under head coach Erika Brennan. South Florida is among the fastest-rising programs in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan’s first season in 2018-19 and have captured five tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Senior standout Melanie Green has been an all-conference performer in each of her first three seasons, qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program’s first postseason appearance in 11 years.
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