Here's what several PGA Tour players have said about the 11-time LPGA winner teeing it up this week with the men.
LAS VEGAS — Although a number of intriguing storylines pop off the page at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open, all eyes will be on Lexi Thompson when she tees off Thursday at TPC Summerlin as part of a group with Kevin Roy and Trevor Werbylo, making her the seventh women to play on the PGA Tour.
To see her compete, always seems like she’s maybe struggled a little bit as of recent but had a Hall of Fame career. I know she really moves the needle with young girls and that’s phenomenal.… You know, it’s everything. I think that there is much room for growth in the women’s game, and continued in our game, too. But for them, just having that opportunity to – on the biggest stage to show their skills, even her just teeing it up is a success without whatever she shoots.
Probably helps being at elevation, ball is going to fly a little further, and again, it’s going to be really fun and exciting to have her on this side. It spices up the Fall Series a little bit. Hopefully, it brings more attention to it, and I think it’s good for growing the game. Really excited for her, and it’s going to be fun to watch. …
It’s awesome for growing the game. We’ve seen in the past I think she’s the seventh LPGA player to play on the PGA Tour. It’ll be just cool. There’s a ton of growth in the game already in these last few years through COVID, and this only helps everything, and it’ll be inspirational for the kids to look up to someone like Lexi and make them believe that they can do it one day, too.
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