Lexi Thompson may be approaching this week like it’s any other tournament, but the LPGA pro is facing her toughest challenge yet as she gets set to become the seventh woman to tee it up on the PGA Tour.
Playing a practice round at TPC Summerlin alongside recent PGA Tour runner-up Ben Griffin and former John Deere Classic winner Michael Kim, Thompson, one of the longer players in the women’s game, found herself reaching for the big headcover on almost every tee box, but this is something that could work in her favour.