Lexi Thompson to Las Vegas for PGA Tour as LPGA Tour goes to Shanghai

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Lexi Thompson to Las Vegas for PGA Tour as LPGA Tour goes to Shanghai
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The PGA Tour returns to Las Vegas with a new twist. The tournament has given a sponsor's exemption to Lexi Thompson. She'll be the seventh woman to play on the PGA Tour and the first in five years. The field has six of the top 50 players. That includes defending champion Tom Kim. The LPGA Tour returns to China for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Danielle Kang is defending a title she won in 2019. Jon Rahm is back in action at the Spanish Open. He's won three of the last four times. L

Lexi Thompson lines up a putt on the third green during the final round of the LPGA The Ascendant golf tournament in The Colony, Texas, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Luke List wins in a playoff in Mississippi. Hyo Joo Kim goes wire-to-wire on LPGANotes: Lexi Thompson is playing on a sponsor exemption, making her the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour. The most recent was Brittany Lincicome in 2018 at the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky. She missed the cut. ...

Television: Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to noon ; Sunday, 7 a.m. to noon .Last week: Matt Fitzpatrick won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Notes: This is the final regular LIV Golf event ahead of the season-ending team championship next week at Doral. ... Four players from LIV Golf played in the Dunhill Links Championship last week on the European tour. Peter Uihlein tied for 22nd, the best finish among them. ... Brooks Koepka picked up his first LIV Golf title last year in Jeddah. ...

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