Lexi Thompson, 28, became the seventh woman ever to compete in a PGA Tour event after the LPGA Tour star was invited to compete at TPC Summerlin.
LIV Golf cloud hangs over women’s event at Trump Ferry PointLexi Thompson seemed to quiet anybody questioning if she should be playing at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas with her performance on Thursday, shooting 1-over par through 16 holes before play was suspended due to darkness.
“I played decent,” Thompson said, according to the Associated Press. “I had one bad hole and a few iffy shots. But it’s golf; it was kind of expected.” She had her best drive of the day on the fourth hole when she sent the ball screaming 316 feet off the tee. Lexi Thompson reacts after her birdie on the second hole during the first round of the Shriners Children’s Open golf tournament at TPC Summerlin.Thompson’s second birdie of the day came on the ninth hole, and her third birdie of the day came on the 13th hole after she hit a 310-foot drive on the par 5.
Before the start of the tournament, Thompson last-minute said the invite had been a bit of a last minute one, but it wasn’t something that she could turn down.Lexi Thompson lines up her putt on the third green during the first round of the Shriners Children’s Open golf tournament at TPC Summerlin.. “It was kind of last minute, last notice. I was like, ‘Alright, OK, let’s go.’ I didn’t know that it was in the works, but I’m very happy that it was.
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