December 17-20
Tiburรณn Golf Club, Naples, Florida
$3,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
.@TiburonNaples brings out the best in @Lexi. 👏
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 17, 2020
The 2018 @CMEGroupLPGA champ heads into day two at 7-under with a one shot lead! pic.twitter.com/p8tVf6oYpI
Lexi Thompson took a 1-shot lead at Tiburรณn Golf Club on Thursday. She started her round with five birdies on the first seven holes and made three more on the back nine. Her round was marred by a single bogey at the ninth for a 7-under 65, her lowest score of the year.
''I was just overall very happy with how I committed to my shots. 'That's what I've really been working on. I've been working so hard on my game in general trying to improve on it, and it's been kind of an up and down roller coaster with an unfortunate week last week,'' said Thompson referring to her missed cut at the U.S. Women's Open in Houston.
All smiles after a shot like this. 😀 @Lexi leaves herself a birdie putt on 18!
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 17, 2020
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Her confidence was boosted by having brother Curtis, a Korn Ferry Tour player, on her bag this week.
โIt's great. I love hanging out with my brother. We hang out basically every weekend. If we are both at home, we are always playing golf together and joking around. It's great to have him out here. I really appreciate him helping me out and keeping me loose out there. Whether I play good or bad, he always keeps a smile on my face.
โHe basically reads every putt with me. Besides like the short ones. I'll just say -- from like three to five feet I'll just be like, โnot much in it, left center,' and he'll just agree with me. But, yeah, he'll get in there and read every putt with me. It's nice to get reassurance and extra confidence.โ
Nanna Koerstz Madsen lies a stroke back after a bogey-free 66.
''I was a little shaky on my driver going into the event, and putting as well actually. So now it is always nice to start off with a good round,'' said Koerstz Madsen. ''I don't have any expectations. I just want to go out and play and see if I can do good mentally.''
.@SY_KIM_lpga is lurking. 👀
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 17, 2020
Sei Young is two back with six birdies on her scorecard
Tune in on @GolfChannel to watch the @CMEGroupLPGA! pic.twitter.com/erlHUxGBxe
World number 2 and defending champion Sei Young Kim is tied in third place alongside Caroline Masson and Megan Kang at 67.
Masson made eagle at the par-4 13th with a 9-iron approach shot.
''I had a pretty good number for a 9-iron, a little downwind, and kind of hit the shot I wanted,'' said Masson. ''It pitched on top and just released a little bit. I kind of wasn't really looking anymore because I thought it was good, but I didn't realize it would go in.''
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โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 18, 2020
Here is your round one refresher! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/H5L5hrpjCv
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Lexi Thompson | -7 |
65 |
2 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -6 |
66 |
T3 |
Megan Khang | -5 |
67 |
T3 |
Sei Young Kim | -5 |
67 |
T3 |
Caroline Masson | -5 |
67 |
T6 |
Carlota Ciganda | -4 |
68 |
T6 |
Maria Fassi | -4 |
68 |
T6 |
Cristie Kerr | -4 |
68 |
T6 |
Jin Young Ko | -4 |
68 |
T6 |
Minjee Lee | -4 |
68 |
T6 |
Anna Nordqvist | -4 |
68 |
T12 |
Ashleigh Buhai | -3 |
69 |
T12 |
Austin Ernst | -3 |
69 |
T12 |
Hannah Green | -3 |
69 |
T12 |
Georgia Hall | -3 |
69 |
T16 |
Cydney Clanton | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Perrine Delacour | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Mina Harigae | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Stephanie Meadow | -2 |
70 |
T16 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Celine Boutier | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Danielle Kang | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Cheyenne Knight | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Andrea Lee | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Stacy Lewis | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Xiyu Lin | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Gaby Lopez | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Inbee Park | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
So Yeon Ryu | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Lizette Salas | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Sarah Schmelzel | -1 |
71 |
T24 |
Anne van Dam | -1 |
71 |
T36 |
Charley Hull | E |
72 |
T36 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | E |
72 |
T36 |
Sarah Kemp | E |
72 |
T36 |
Katherine Kirk | E |
72 |
T36 |
Nelly Korda | E |
72 |
T36 |
Brittany Lincicome | E |
72 |
T36 |
Madelene Sagstrom | E |
72 |
T36 |
Emma Talley | E |
72 |
T36 |
Kelly Tan | E |
72 |
T45 |
Brittany Altomare | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
In Gee Chun | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Nasa Hataoka | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Brooke M. Henderson | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Christina Kim | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Mirim Lee | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Leona Maguire | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Azahara Munoz | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Yealimi Noh | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Bianca Pagdanganan | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Hee Young Park | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Alena Sharp | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Jenny Shin | 1 |
73 |
T45 |
Amy Yang | 1 |
73 |
T59 |
Lydia Ko | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Yu Liu | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Robynn Ree | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Mel Reid | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Jennifer Song | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Linnea Strom | 2 |
74 |
T59 |
Lindsey Weaver | 2 |
74 |
T66 |
Kristen Gillman | 3 |
75 |
T66 |
Jessica Korda | 3 |
75 |
T66 |
Angela Stanford | 3 |
75 |
T69 |
Brittany Lang | 4 |
76 |
T69 |
Pernilla Lindberg | 4 |
76 |
T69 |
Maria Torres | 4 |
76 |
72 |
Natalie Gulbis | 5 |
77 |