PORTMARNOCK, Ireland – University of South Florida alumnus Melanie Green, the 2024 American Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Year, has won the R&A Women's Amateur Championship.
Green, a native of Medina, New York, becomes the first winner from the United States since Kelli Kuehne in 1996 and lifted the trophy 77 years after founding LPGA member Babe Zaharias became the first American to win The Amateur Championship in 1947.
The Women's Amateur Championship, founded in 1893, is one of the leading championships in amateur golf for female golfers.
In her first time competing in the championship, Green earned the victory over a 144-player international field that included four players ranked in the top 10, seven in the top 20 and 20 players in the top 50 of the Women's Amateur Golf Rankings.