Different Strokes: Training ground for future Ryder Cup stars and a memorable day for Stephen Gallacher
Into the bear pit, so to speak! Lexi Thompson will become just the seventh woman to play in a men’s professional event on thewhen she tees up in this week’s Shriners Childrens Hospital Open in Las Vegas, playing on a sponsor’s invitation.
“I’ll definitely need my top game going into next week, get that driver more in tune . . . so it will really be all down to ball striking and making those putts when I need it,” said Thompson, who felt that her game has trended positively: “I’ve been working extremely hard on my game and to see to pay off in these last few weeks, starting at Solheim Cup there, just to see the improvements, that’s all I’ve needed. Nothing but positives to take from it.
“We’ve played a lot of fivesomes in college, just our buddies going out playing. It was a cool experience for me. I feel like a lot of these things that I’m doing at the moment are kind of the first time I’m doing it, so hopefully I’ll be able to learn from it, and next time I’ll be better off” – The Scot recently led Europe’s Junior Ryder Cup team to victory in Rome and, as it happened, left a number of Ryder Cup heroes in his wake en route to claiming his breakthrough win on tour.
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