Thompson is slated to become the seventh female golfer to play a PGA Tour event.
Lexi Thompson said making the cut at the Shriners Children’s Open would rank among the biggest achievements in her career Tuesday, two days before she’s slated to . “Definitely at the top of my accomplishments,” she said. “It’s been an honor just to get this invite, but one step, one shot at a time. That would be an amazing feeling.” Advertisement Thompson, 28, is an 11-time LPGA winner with one major who ranks among the longest drivers and biggest stars in women’s golf.
“Fire away and swing, get the most distance I can on a few of those holes.” Last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss., PGA Tour pro — and PGA Tour policy board member — Peter Malnati was asked about Thompson playing in a men’s event and briefly used the word gimmick before immediately correcting himself. “I don’t think we’re going to need to resort to gimmicks to drum up interest,” he said. “I shouldn’t have said that.
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